Dennis the Menace
He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the entire summer.
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.
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Cast
Walter Matthau
George 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
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
Arnold Stang
Photographer
Ben Stein
Boss
Diana Rein
Babysitter
Suzy Brack
Next-Door Neighbor (uncredited)
Thomas F. Evans
Dennis Mitchell's Neighbor (uncredited)
Jeannie Russell
Neighbor (uncredited)
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Reviews
Kamurai
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 movie right before he does it again. It's like watching a serial killer documentary: this is a sociopathic character, and I'm glad we don't have modern day versions of this, at least not that I can see.
You've reached the end.