The Apple Dumpling Gang

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

Jul 1 1975 G 1h 40m
Comedy, Family, Western

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.

Plot

Three orphaned siblings are forced upon confirmed bachelor Donovan (Bill Bixby) in a nineteenth century boom town of Quake City, California. After an earthquake shakes the area, the children find a large gold nugget worth tens of thousands of dollars. But their newfound wealth is causing more problems than it's solving, so they agree to "give" the gold to two bumbling outlaws (Tim Conway and Don Knott's). But they only way they can get the gold is to steal it from the bank vault where it's being held for safe keeping.

Written by

Don Tait, Jack M. Bickham

Directed by

Norman Tokar

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
6,802
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
59
Popularity
NA