Attila the Hun. Ivan the Terrible. Al Capone. They were all seven once.
Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.
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Comic, spare, effortless and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- John RitterBen
- Jack WardenBig Ben
- Michael J. OliverJunior
- Gilbert GottfriedMr. Peabody
- Amy YasbeckFlo
- Michael RichardsMartin Beck
- Peter JurasikRoy
- Charlotte AkinLorraine
- Anna Marie AllredKid #3
- Adam AnderlyCatcher
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- Dennis DuganDirector
- Scott AlexanderScreenplay
- Larry KaraszewskiScreenplay
- Peter Lyons CollisterDirector of Photography
- Miles GoodmanOriginal Music Composer
- Tom FinanEditor
- Daniel P. HanleyEditor
- Mike HillEditor
- Robert SimondsProducer
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