The Apple Dumpling Gang

Synopsis
They were Dumb and Dumber decades before Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, and to a kid growing up in the 1970’s, they were comedy gods: Don Knotts and Tim Conway, the bumbling comic team that starred together in several 70’s and early 80’s comedies (and built successful solo careers as well). The Apple Dumpling Gang marked the first time the two had worked together on the big screen, a live-action comedy for then-struggling Dinsey.

Old West gambler Russell Donovan wins more than he bargained for when he’s forced to care for three rambunctious kids. Looking for help, he arranges a convenience marriage to spunky stage driver Magnolia Dusty Clydesdale. The kids prove they may be worth more than it first seemed when gold is discovered in a mine they inherited. A discovery like this can’t go unnoticed for long, and soon the gold-crazy townspeople are converging on the site.

Knotts and Conway play Theodore Ogelvie and Amos Tucker, incompetent outlaws with eyes on the gold but soft spots in their hearts for the kids. When rotten-to-the-core bandit Frank Stillwell and his gang show up, Theodore and Amos side with the kids, leading to a slapstick showdown.

The antics hit big with audiences, leading to a 1979 sequel, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, and more Knotts/Conway team-ups.

Release History 1975 - The Apple Dumpling Gang
1979 - The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

Sub Categories live-action
comedy
disney

Studio Disney

Cast

Bill Bixby		Russel Donavan
Magnolia Dusty Clydesdale		Susan Clark
Theodore Ogelvie		Don Knotts
Amos Tucker		Tim Conway
Col. J.R. Clydesdale		David Wayne
Frank Stillwell		Slim Pickens
Homer McCoy		Harry Morgan
Leonard Sharpe		John McGiver
John Wintle		Don Knight
Bobby Bradley		Clay O'Brien
Clovis Bradley		Brad Savage
Celia Bradley		Stacy Manning
Rudy Hooks		Dennis Fimple
Clemons		Pepe Callahan
Poker Polly		Iris Adrian