Get ready for some wholesome family fun with this 1976 Disney comedy about the California Atoms, an inept, last-place football team that turns its luck around with the help of their new star player -- a football-kicking mule named Gus! The villainous competition attempts to kidnap Gus, with slapstick results. Ed Asner, |
Get ready for some wholesome family fun with this 1976 Disney comedy about the California Atoms, an inept, last-place football team that turns its luck around with the help of their new star player -- a football-kicking mule named Gus! The villainous competition attempts to kidnap Gus, with slapstick results. Ed Asner, Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Dick Van Patten, Bob Crane and Tom Bosley fill out the star-studded cast. |
While seeking refuge from the law at a local farmhouse, injured bank robber Harry Spikes (Lee Marvin) charms his young hosts (Gary Grimes, Charles Martin Smith and Ron Howard) with engrossing stories about his life as an outlaw, inspiring the boys to pursue careers as thieving criminals. But it's every man for himself when the boys' onetime mentor agrees to switch sides and hunt the young bank robbers for a sizable ransom. |
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John Wayne hits the saddle again as a U.S. Marshal who must deal with his own young son running afoul of the law. One of Wayne's later Westerns, this film finds the Duke squaring off against legendary bad guy George Kennedy. |
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John Wayne hits the saddle again as a U.S. Marshal who must deal with his own young son running afoul of the law. One of Wayne's later Westerns, this film finds the Duke squaring off against legendary bad guy George Kennedy. |
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For as long as 16-year-old farmhand Ben Mockridge (Gary Grimes) can remember, he's wanted to be a cowboy -- and now, thanks to tough-talking trail boss Frank Culpepper (Billy Green Bush), he finally has a chance to prove himself. But as Ben puts his skills to the test on a bona fide cattle drive, he l... |
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For as long as 16-year-old farmhand Ben Mockridge (Gary Grimes) can remember, he's wanted to be a cowboy -- and now, thanks to tough-talking trail boss Frank Culpepper (Billy Green Bush), he finally has a chance to prove himself. But as Ben puts his skills to the test on a bona fide cattle drive, he learns that life on the lonely prairie is more complicated than he ever imagined. Dick Richards directs in his feature-film debut. |
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This quiet coming-of-age movie features a pitch-perfect mood of nostalgia and a haunting score. Teenaged Hermie (Gary Grimes) and his friends Oscy and Benjie are spending the summer of 1942 on an island with their parents. While Oscy's main concern is when and how to lose his virginity, Hermie falls earnestly in love with the older Dorothy ( |
This quiet coming-of-age movie features a pitch-perfect mood of nostalgia and a haunting score. Teenaged Hermie (Gary Grimes) and his friends Oscy and Benjie are spending the summer of 1942 on an island with their parents. While Oscy's main concern is when and how to lose his virginity, Hermie falls earnestly in love with the older Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill), a married woman whose Army-pilot husband is heading to the battlefront. |