Squeeze Play

Name: Squeeze Play
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2006-10-06T17:51:57-07:00

1979

Squeeze Play (1979)

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Movie Info

The estimable New Jersey-based Troma Films, the same firm that brought you such imperishable classics as Toxic Avenger and Chopper Chicks in Zombietown, was responsible for the raunchy baseball farce Squeeze Play. Rather than offer a litany of its highlights (such as they are), we feel that the tenor of the film is implicit in its bare-bones plotline. In the small town of Springborn (its principal industry is a mattress factory), the local all-male baseball team, The Beavers, celebrates each victory by bedding their wives, sweethearts and casual dates. Tired of this chauvinistic treatment, rebellious Samantha (Jenni Hetrick) organizes an all-girl team, the Beaverettes. She forces a battle of the sexes on the baseball diamond, pitting her buxom teammates against the dirty-playing Beavers. Rather enjoyable in its own sleazy way, Squeeze Play occasionally interrupts its R-rated sniggering to offer a parade of shameless product-placement plugs, and halfway through stops dead in its tracks for an interminable wet T-shirt contest.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Comedy
Directed By:

Samuel Weil, Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz
Written By:

Charles Kaufman, Haim Pekelis
In Theaters:

Jan 1, 1979 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Apr 25, 2002
Runtime:

92 minutes
Studio:

Troma

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Cast

Jim Harris
as Wes

Jenni Hetrick
as Samantha

Jennifer Hetrick
as Samantha

Rick Gitlin
as Fred

Helen Campitelli
as Jamie

Rick Kahn
as Tom

Diana Valentien
as Maureen

Al Corley
as Buddy

Jim Metzler

Melissa Michaels
as Mary Lou

Michael P. Moran
as Bozo

Michael P. Morgan
as Bozo

Sonya Jennings
as Max

Sharon Kyle Bramblett
as Midge

Zachary
as Pop

Tony Hoty
as Koch

Lisa Beth Wolf
as Rose

Brenda Kaplan
as Brenda

Steven W. Kaman
as Russ

Kenneth Raskin
as Beasley

Edward D. Phillips
as Chester

Rosemary Joyce
as Wanda

Peter Van Norden
as Beauty Parlor Manager

William Kirksey
as Game Announcer

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Critic Reviews for Squeeze Play

Audience Reviews for Squeeze Play

I watched Squeeze Play with either a smile on my face or laughing almost the entire movie.I had fun watching it from beginning to end.I loved the dirty jokes & just loved the movie.The style of humor was right up my alley.I wish Troma would put out more movies like this

Brody Manson

Super Reviewer

It's really just another stupid comedy, but I found it enjoyable anyway, it's funny for the most part. The story is alright, even if it is silly. Overall, it's an okay movie, depending if you're in the mood for a stupid comedy or not.

Aj V

Super Reviewer

Okay, let me be blunt: about two thirds of this movie just flat out sucks, and many of the ideas in it are done to death. But the things that are funny are work like a charm. It's one of the very few 80s sex comedies that actually snuck a joke or two in that weren't about gay people to go alone with the pale, not very attractive TA. The feminism seems, looking at what Troma did after this, kind of like lip service, but it's still better than most competition. The plot is a bunch of softball players generally irritate their significant others, and they form a female softball team. And the music is great.