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Stealing Home

DramaRomance

Directed by Steven Kampmann, William Porter

Billy Wyatt, a former high school and minor-league baseball player, receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his former child-sitter, and later in his teens, his first love, Katie Chandler, has died. Wyatt returns home to deal with this tragedy, reminiscing over his childhood growing up with his father, Katie, and best friend Alan Appleby. From TMDB

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  • Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2025

    I did something fun today. I was guest lecturer at Emerson's Film School Today's class focused on my work on #ALeagueOfTheirOwn episode "Stealing Home" (e106). We talked technical approach & working with a Showrunner/Director. Q&A about set politics & collab with Prod Designer. Students were lovely

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  • Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 9, 2025

    Relating to this movie, Stealing Home (1988), more than I thought. A young guy's baseball career is derailed by the death of his father. My mom died when I was in my early 20s. I realized I was achieving something for my parents. Took a little while to realize I had to do it for myself.

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  • omacolt.bsky.social @omacolt.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2026

    #AprilMovieChallenge Day 18 Real stadium in a movie Stealing Home (1988)

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  • That's the truth Ruth @rudiedudie.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2026

    In the movie Stealing Home young Billy is pouting on the roof with his glove and ball and says to Jodie Foster "The Phillies stink!" and I've been thinking about that line a lot lately (and I'm pissed I can never find a clip, gif or screenshot)

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  • @ Deep Cuts @deepcutsthegame.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2025

    This week, we talked with Billy McNamara from films such as Chasers, Stealing Home and Copycat. Having done everything from working with James Earl Jones to appearing in the Jerry Springer "RingMaster" film, he has a great story for everything. Check it out... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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  • exhaustedradical.bsky.social @exhaustedradical.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    Stealing Home - wild and very odd film with a remarkable cat co-star. Currently making the streaming circuit, so it crops up periodically on all of the channels listed. Juan of the Dead (Juan de los muertos) - great Cuban zombie flick. Kind of a revolutionary homage to Shaun on the Dead.

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  • WorfWWorfington @worfwworfington.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2025

    As opposed to Stealing Home, which is when we realized Mark Harmon wasn't going to make it as a movie star.

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  • Lennie Brisco County Jr @mburchett.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2024

    This “Stealing Home” for me. The Jodi Foster Marc Harmon movie. Not necessarily good. Not necessarily bad. But I ended up watching it some many times.

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  • wesuckatparties @wesuckatparties.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 20, 2026

    Stealing Home (1988) Jodie Foster Career Ketch-Up No. 12 🍅 #movies #filmsky After a movie, I love to see if Ebert reviewed it and its nearly vitriolic (and he's an empathetic guy), funny stuff. I do love movies with this "style", but there's 0 insight or humor. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/stea...

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  • Mary @marymadog.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    The Jodie Foster movie I’m thinking of may be Stealing Home. The two movies aren’t even close in story. #TCMParty #AGuyNamedJoe #SUTS

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  • Simon Waite @thecinemascene.bsky.socialBluesky · May 29, 2025

    The Dead Pool VHS has some interesting previews on it: Her Alibi (Bruce Beresford film with Tom Selleck) Stealing Home (Mark Harmon and Jodie Foster) Bird (Clint Eastwood film about Charlie Parker the Jazz Player and essentially the reason the Dead Pool exists at all)

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  • Todd Munson @themunson.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2025

    If you want a weird baseball movie check out Stealing Home with Mark Harmon and Jodie Foster

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  • George Brown @therealogiwan.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2025

    He was so underrated in Stealing Home. What a great cast and film that was.

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  • Elliott Smith @ejsteeler.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2023

    I don't know if this counts as a sports movie, but have always held a soft spot for "Stealing Home."

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  • WWII.Boomer @zignacio.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2026

    3/3 Bonus: One of my old time fav movie — Poison Ivy sung by Mark Harmon & Harold Ramis in the movie “Stealing Home…” youtu.be/3s97ZNbUoCY?...

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  • Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2026

    26 August 1988 Stealing Home, starring Mark Harmon, Jodie Foster, Blair Brown and Jonathan Silverman, opened. The movie featured a young Jonathan Silverman as a former baseball player reflecting on the mysterious death of a woman from his past. #History #HistoryMatters

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    The (movie) Stealing Home 1080p (Prime)(US) $4.99 (Drama) (iMDB) 6.4 Cast: Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jonathan Silverman, Harold Ramis, William McNamara, John Shea

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  • Whotony @tonydewald.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    On my list of favorite movies (all of them) I have FoDs at 10 and The Natural At 13. Sandlot next at 47. Not really a baseball movie but next at 93 is Stealing Home. Next would be League of Their own. Bull Durham and 8 Men never clicked for me. 8 was dull and all the players looked too much alike.

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  • Wuchak @WuchakTMDB reviews · Jun 4, 2026

    A middle-aged Minor League player reflects on his coming-of-age years Mark Harmon stars as the protagonist, Billy, who looks back to 1960 when he was 10 years-old in the Philadelphia area and his babysitter, Katie, who was 5½ years older than him, played by Jodie Foster. He also reminisces on the era of 1966-1968 when he came-of-age and the turning-point events thereof. William McNamara plays Billy at this stage in life. Comparable movies include “The Summer of ’42” and “Last Summer” (1969), as…

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  • Crary @crary.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    To be fair, "Stealing Home" was a pretty good movie.

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  • hinesd24.bsky.social @hinesd24.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2025

    2025 Film Reviews 631. Frankenhooker (1990) - 5.0 632. The Smashing Machine (2025) - 3.5 633. Popeye (1980) - 4.0 634. Stealing Home (1988) - 4.0 635. Roofman (2025) - 4.5 #2025FilmsDH

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  • Siskel and Ebert Bot @siskel-ebert-bot.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2025

    Stealing Home (1988) Director: Steven Kampmann, William Porter Cast: John Shea, Beth Broderick, Jodie Foster, Helen Hunt, Blair Brown Watch Review wp / wd

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2025

    The (movie) Stealing Home (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(Canada) for C$6.99 Cast: Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jonathan Silverman, Harold Ramis, William McNamara, John Shea Genre: (Drama) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/stealing_h...

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  • Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2025

    Stealing Home (1988) A well-cast but incompetently made melodrama from a pair of comedy writers who correctly never helmed another film. Seemingly pieced together from parts of only marginally better movies, it plays like something made with AI. Cliché-riddled, male-fantasy boomer nostalgia. Awful.

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  • omacolt.bsky.social @omacolt.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2024

    #Stonegasmoviechallenge2024: Sweet November Edition Nov. 21: Movie Written/Directed by/or Starring Harold Ramis (1944) Stealing Home (1988) This didn't get great reviews but I liked it.

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Mark Harmon
Billy Wyatt
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William McNamara
Teenage Billy Wyatt
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Jodie Foster
Katie Chandler
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Helen Hunt
Hope Wyatt
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Jonathan Silverman
Teenage Alan Appleby
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John Shea
Sam Wyatt
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Blair Brown
Ginny Wyatt
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Richard Jenkins
Hank Chandler

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