Safe at Home!

For the 1968 album, see Safe at Home. For the 1985 sitcom, see Safe at Home (TV series).

Safe at Home!
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Directed by	Walter Doniger
Produced by	Tom Naud
Screenplay by	Robert Dillon
Story by	Robert Dillon Tom Naud Steven Ritch
Starring	Mickey Mantle Roger Maris
Music by	Van Alexander
Cinematography	Irving Lippman
Edited by	Frank P. Keller
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	April 13, 1962 (1962-04-13)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Safe at Home! is a 1962 sports comedy film starring Major League Baseball players Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris of the New York Yankees. The film also stars William Frawley and Don Collier, with appearances by New York Yankees Whitey Ford and Ralph Houk.

The film is about a young Florida boy who lies to his Little League teammates, telling them he knows Mantle and Maris and will bring them to their team banquet. His attempts to meet his heroes during spring training by sneaking into the stadium and into their hotel room at the Yankee Clipper Hotel result in chaos, and he learns an important lesson about honesty. Filmed in Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach, Florida.

Cast

• Mickey Mantle as Himself
• Roger Maris as Himself
• William Frawley as Bill Turner
• Patricia Barry as Johanna Price
• Don Collier as Ken Lawton
• Eugene Iglesias as Mr. Torres
• Flip Mark as Henry
• Bryan Russell as Hutch Lawton
• Scott Lane as Mike Torres
• Charles G. Martin as Henry's Father
• Ralph Houk as Himself
• Whitey Ford as Himself

See also

• List of American films of 1962

External links

• Safe at Home! at IMDb