He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the entire summer.
Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
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Classical in form, spare, effortless and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Walter MatthauMr. Wilson
- Mason GambleDennis Mitchell
- Joan PlowrightMartha Wilson
- Christopher LloydSwitchblade Sam
- Lea ThompsonAlice Mitchell
- Robert StantonHenry Mitchell
- Amy SakasitzMargaret Wade
- Kellen HathawayJoey
- Paul WinfieldChief of Police
- Natasha LyonnePolly
Crew
- Nick CastleDirector
- John HughesScreenplay
- Hank KetchamNovel
- Thomas E. AckermanDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Alan HeimEditor
- John HughesProducer
- Richard VaneProducer
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