Movies
The Apple Dumpling Gang
| Rating: | G |
| Genre: | Family, Comedy, Western |
| Release Date: | July 1, 1975 |
| Running time: | 100 minutes |
| Cast: | Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Harry Morgan, John McGiver, Bill Bixby |
| Director: | Norman Tokar |
| Producer: | Bill Anderson |
| Writer: | Jack M. Bickham, Don Tait |
| Distributor: | Buena Vista |
Description: The Apple Dumpling Gang stars Bill Bixby as Russell Donovan, a slick frontier gambler. In Runyon-esque fashion, he is compelled to look after three precocious oprhaned kids. He can't handle the responsibilities alone, so he agrees to an in-name-only marriage to hoydenish stagecoach driver, Magnolia Dusty Clydesdale (Susan Clark). Fortuitously, they discover that a mine belonging to the kids' late father is worth millions. This brings several disreputable characters into the storyline: bumbling nice bandits Theodore Ogelvie and Amos (Don Knotts and Tim Conway), and deadly bad bandits headed by Frank Stillwell (Slim Pickens). Based on a novel by Jack M. Bickham, The Apple Dumpling Gang was successful enough to spawn a sequel-not to mention several future screen teamings for Don Knotts and Tim Conway.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Movie summaries and listings powered by Cinema-Source
