The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975 · Movie · G · 100 min · ★ 6.6 · 58% critics
A drifting bachelor suddenly becomes responsible for three kids after they come across a massive gold find. With trouble brewing from greedy locals, the unlikely group teams up with two clumsy outlaws and tries to protect what they’ve found while dodging escalating threats in a rough-and-tumble frontier town.
Also known as Apple Dumpling Gang 1
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Details
- Years
- 1975
- Release date
- 1975-07-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 58/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (133 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a kid-friendly comedy-western with mild peril, bickering adults, and a scrappy found-family vibe, like Snowball Express or Candleshoe; Not for you if you need sharper humor or surprises.
Pros: light family-friendly fun; watchable, brisk pace; charming oddball duo | Cons: uneven laughs; predictable story beats; forgettable villains
Themes
- adoption
- slapstick comedy
- gold mine
- marriage of convenience
- shootout
- wild west
- 1870s
- criminal duo
Cast & crew
Don Knotts
as Theodore Ogelvie
Tim Conway
as Amos Tucker
Harry Morgan
as Homer McCoy
Bill Bixby
as Russel Donavan
Susan Clark
as Magnolia Dusty Clydesdale
David Wayne
as T.R. Clydesdale
Slim Pickens
as Frank Stillwell
John McGiver
as Leonard Sharpe
Don Knight
as John Wintle
Clay O'Brien
as Bobby Bradley
Directed by Norman Tokar