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                                                                  EXHIBIT 5.1


                  [KELLY, LYTTON, MINTZ & VANN LLP LETTERHEAD]


October 31, 1997

Board of Directors
Team Communications Group, Inc.
12300 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400
Los Angeles, California 90025

Gentlemen:

        We have acted as special counsel to Team Communications Group, Inc., a
California corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as amended
(Registration No. 333-26307) (the "Registration Statement"), under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the proposed offering of an
aggregate of 2,068,870 shares of common stock, no par value, of the Company,
including 1,695,000 shares to be offered by the Company, 343,870 shares
to be issued with respect to the certain warrants, and up to 30,000 additional
shares to cover over-allotments, if any, to be offered by a selling shareholder
(the "Selling Shareholder").

        We have examined all instruments, documents and records which we deemed
relevant and necessary for the basis of our opinion hereinafter expressed. We
have also obtained from officers of the Company such advice as we considered
necessary for the purposes of this opinion and insofar as our opinion is based
on matters of fact upon which conclusions of law are expressed, we have relied
upon such advice. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals
and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.

        Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations,
qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

        1.      The shares of the Company's common stock to be offered by the
Company to the public pursuant to the Registration Statement have been duly
authorized and, when issued and paid for in the manner described in the
Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

        2.      The shares of the Company's common stock to be offered by the
Selling Shareholder to the public pursuant to the Registration Statement have
been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

        The opinions expressed herein are limited to the General Corporation
Law of the State of California. We assume no obligations to supplement this
letter if any applicable laws change after the date hereof or if we become
aware of any facts that might change the opinions expressed herein after the
date hereof. The opinions expressed herein are solely for your benefit and may
not be relied upon in any manner or for any purpose by any other person and may
not be quoted in whole or in part without our prior written consent.

        We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm and this opinion under
the heading "Legal Matters" in the prospectus comprising a part of such
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto. In giving such consent, we do
no hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.


                                     Very truly yours,


                                     /s/ KELLY, LYTTON, MINTZ & VANN LLP

                                         Kelly, Lytton, Mintz & Vann LLP