August 2, 1978
Lassie Productions
Children's, Drama, Musical
VHS
C
Corny and slow-moving as this movie is, you might find some interest in the songs, sung mostly by Pat and Debby Boone and written by the Sherman Brothers. Unfortunately, the Shermans also wrote the script, which is not exactly gripping, even by the low standards of '70s kiddie flicks. Jimmy Stewart, then 70, closed out his big-screen career in the role of the caring but crusty grandfather, and yes, he sings. So does Mickey Rooney, in the role of manager to Mike Mazurki (one of the hoods in Some Like It Hot) as a wrestler named Apollo.
There are a few connections to another dog of a movie, C.H.O.M.P.S. from the following year. Don Chaffey directed both. Also, James Reynolds, Officer Wilson here (the one who says, "Right on") would be a reporter there, while William Flatley, one of the truck drivers, would be an engineer in that movie.
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| Much livelier and more colorful than the actual movie |
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