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09/06/1993 Family, Comedy 1h 36m
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He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the entire summer.

Overview

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.

  1. Nick Castle

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Walter Matthau

    Mr. Wilson

  2. Mason Gamble

    Dennis Mitchell

  3. Joan Plowright

    Martha Wilson

  4. Christopher Lloyd

    Switchblade Sam

  5. Lea Thompson

    Alice Mitchell

  6. Robert Stanton

    Henry Mitchell

  7. Amy Sakasitz

    Margaret Wade

  8. Kellen Hathaway

    Joey

  9. Paul Winfield

    Chief of Police

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Reviews

A review by Kamurai
Written by Kamurai on 2020-08-21
Bad watch, unlikely to watch again, and can't recommend unless you're just dying to see a poor version of "Home Alone" in reverse.

I've probably seen this before, but I can't remember it, and I used to read "Dennis the Menace" in the funny papers, can't say I was even that big a fan then.

And maybe I'm too much of a grumpy old man myself at this point, but this little brat is borderline evil in his stupid behavior. The old man is a jerk too, but it is largely reactionary.

I can't even remember the inevitable heart-warming resolution of the child lying to the old man at the end of the...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$35,000,000.00

Revenue
$117,270,765.00

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