The Comeback Kid (film)

The Comeback Kid
Genre	Comedy Romance Sport
Written by	Joe S. Landon
Directed by	Peter Levin
Starring	John Ritter Susan Dey Doug McKeon Jeremy Licht Patrick Swayze
Theme music composer	Barry De Vorzon
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Joe S. Landon (associate producer) (as Joe Landon) Robert M. Myman (associate producer) Louis Rudolph (producer)
Cinematography	Ric Waite
Editor	David Newhouse
Running time	97 min.
Production company	ABC Circle Films
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	April 11, 1980 (1980-04-11)

The Comeback Kid is a 1980 American made-for-television romantic comedy sports film starring John Ritter, Susan Dey and Doug McKeon which was broadcast on ABC on April 11, 1980. The film features many actors well known from their TV appearances: Ritter (Three's Company), Dey (The Partridge Family), Gregory (Barney Miller), Licht (Valerie/The Hogan Family), Lembeck (One Day at a Time), McKeon (On Golden Pond), and Kim Fields (The Facts of Life). It also stars Patrick Swayze in an early minor role.

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Plot

Bubba Newman, a minor league baseball player, decides to quit the sport and do something else with his life because he feels "down and out." He renews his outlook on life when he becomes a coach for a group of underprivileged kids and finds romance. Then, one of the youngsters gets hit by a car while racing to meet Bubba when he returns to the team. The kid's death ultimately brings the group and their coach even closer.