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The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Wanted: For chicanery, skulduggery, tomfoolery and habitual bungling!

19756.61h 40m

Overview

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.

Directed by Norman Tokar
Written by Don Tait, Jack M. Bickham
Produced by Bill Anderson
Box Office0Revenue: $36.9M

Top Cast

Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Theodore Ogelvie

Tim Conway

Tim Conway

Amos Tucker

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Homer McCoy

Bill Bixby

Bill Bixby

Russel Donavan

Susan Clark

Susan Clark

Magnolia Dusty Clydesdale

David Wayne

David Wayne

T.R. Clydesdale

Slim Pickens

Slim Pickens

Frank Stillwell

John McGiver

John McGiver

Leonard Sharpe

Don Knight

Don Knight

John Wintle

Clay O'Brien

Clay O'Brien

Bobby Bradley

About The Apple Dumpling Gang

The Apple Dumpling Gang is a comedy, family, western film released in 1975. Directed by Norman Tokar, it stars Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Harry Morgan. 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.

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