Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- babysitter
- based on comic
- slingshot
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Walter Matthau
Mr. Wilson
Mason Gamble
Dennis Mitchell
Joan Plowright
Martha Wilson
Christopher Lloyd
Switchblade Sam
- Lea Thompson — Alice Mitchell
- Robert Stanton — Henry Mitchell
- Amy Sakasitz — Margaret Wade
- Kellen Hathaway — Joey
- Paul Winfield — Chief of Police
- Natasha Lyonne — Polly
- Devin Ratray — Mickey
- Hank Johnston — Gunther
- Melinda Mullins — Andrea
- Billie Bird — Edith Butterwell
- Bill Erwin — Edward Little
- Directed
- Nick Castle
- Written
- John Hughes
Production
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 · 1,642 ratings
- Studio
- Hughes Entertainment
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1993 · You’re hereDennis the Menace
Where it starts.
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
1998
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
