Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sharpshooters.
- adoption
- slapstick comedy
- gold mine
- marriage of convenience
- shootout
- wild west
- 1870s
- criminal duo
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Susan Clark — Magnolia Dusty Clydesdale
- David Wayne — T.R. Clydesdale
- Slim Pickens — Frank Stillwell
- John McGiver — Leonard Sharpe
- Don Knight — John Wintle
- Clay O'Brien — Bobby Bradley
- Brad Savage — Clovis Bradley
- Dennis Fimple — Rudy Hooks
- Iris Adrian — Poker Polly
- Fran Ryan — Mrs. Stockley
- Bing Russell — Herm Dally
- Directed
- Norman Tokar
- Written
- Don Tait
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 137 ratings
- Studio
- Walt Disney Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1975 · You’re hereThe Apple Dumpling Gang
Where it starts.
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979
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.
