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The Apple Dumpling Gang is a 1975 American comedy-Western film directed by Norman Tokar. It is about a slick gambler named Russell Donovan ( Bill Bixby ) who is duped into taking care of three orphans who eventually strike gold.
The Apple Dumpling Gang: Directed by Norman Tokar. With Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Don Knotts, Tim Conway. Three orphan children strike gold in 1878 California.
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- Comedy, Family, Western
- Norman Tokar
- 1975-07-01
The Apple Dumpling Gang is a 1971 novel by Jack Bickham, about a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found.
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.
The Apple Dumpling Gang is a 1975 Disney western film about slick gambler Russell Donovan who is duped into taking care of a group of orphan children who eventually strike gold during the California Gold Rush. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Jack Bickham.
Movie Info. Synopsis After three poor orphans are sent to live with gambler Russell Donovan (Bill Bixby), they discover they have actually inherited a large fortune from their dead...
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- Western, Comedy
- G
Genre: Classics, Comedy, Family, Western. The hilarity begins when a roving bachelor inherits three young orphans and a wealth of problems. When the youngsters stumble upon a huge golden nugget, they must fend off the greedy townspeople.
