The Apple Dumpling Gang [Special Edition]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

The Apple Dumpling Gang stars Bill Bixby as Russell Donovan, a slick frontier gambler. In Runyon-esque fashion, he is compelled to look after three precocious oprhaned kids. He can't handle the responsibilities alone, so he agrees to an in-name-only marriage to hoydenish stagecoach driver, Magnolia Dusty Clydesdale (Susan Clark). Fortuitously, they discover that a mine belonging to the kids' late father is worth millions. This brings several disreputable characters into the storyline: bumbling "nice" bandits Theodore Ogelvie and Amos (Don Knotts and Tim Conway), and deadly "bad" bandits headed by Frank Stillwell (Slim Pickens). Based on a novel by Jack M. Bickham, The Apple Dumpling Gang was successful enough to spawn a sequel-not to mention several future screen teamings for Don Knotts and Tim Conway. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Aspect Ratio: 1.75:1 (Disney)
• Audio: THX
• Features:
  • cc
  • Audio commentary with Susan Clark, Tim Conway, Don Knotts and Brad Savage
  • Cartoon: "Two Gun Goofy"
  • "A Look Back With the Gang"
  • Conversations with Tim Conway
  • "Disney's Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy Heroes"
  • "Lost Treasures: The Disney Back Lot"
  • 1975 Disney Studio album
  • Production stills
  • Biographies: Bill Bixby, Brad Savage, Clay O'Brien, Don Knotts, Harry Morgan, Norman Tokar, Slim Pickens, Stacy Manning, Susan Clark, and Tim Conway
  • Lobby cards, posters, publicity, and comic book

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Bill Bixby - Russel Donavan
       Susan Clark - Magnolia Dusty Clydesdale
       Don Knotts - Theodore Ogelvie
       Tim Conway - Amos
       David Wayne - Col. T.R. Cyldesdale
       Slim Pickens - Frank Stillwell
       John McGiver - Leonard Sharpe
       Don Knight - John Wintle
       Clay O'Brien - Bobby Bradley
       Brad Savage - Clovis Bradley
       Stacy Manning - Celia Bradley
       Richard Lee - Sung - Oh So
       Jim Boles - Easy Archie
       Fran Ryan - Mrs. Stockley
       Tom Waters - Rowdy Joe Dover
       Olan Soule - Rube Cluck
       Wally K. Berns - Cheating Charley
       Pepe Callahan - Clemons
       Bing Russell - Herm Dally
       Dawn Little Sky - Big Foot
       Joshua Shelley - Broadway Phil
       Bill Dunbar - Fast Eddie Card Dealer
       Iris Adrian - Poker Polly
       Dick Winslow - Slippery Kid
       James Brodhead - The Mouthpiece
       Arthur Wong Ngok Tai - No S'o
       Dennis Fimple - Rudy Hooks
       Harry Morgan - Homer McCoy

• Director:

  Norman Tokar

• Producer:

  Bill Anderson

• Screenwriter:

  Don Tait

• Book Author:

  Jack M. Bickham

• Cinematographer:

  Frank Phillips

• Composer (Music Score):

  Buddy Baker

• Editor:

  Raymond A. de Leuw

• Art Director:

  John Mansbridge, Walter Tyler

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Frank C. Regula, Herb Taylor

• First Assistant Director:

  Ronald R. Grow

• Stunts:

  Jesse Wayne