The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
As belles, they were ding-dongs... they enlisted, and were rotten to the corps... and when things got hotter... they went to the cooler... now, they're on the loose again!
1979 • 88 min • Comedy · Family · Western
Synopsis
Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own. This time, the crazy duo gets involved in an army supply theft case -- and, of course, gets in lots of comic trouble along the way!
Our family guide
Best from age 6- 100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
- 64 Audience · 78 · 49%
Two bumbling outlaws, Amos and Theodore, try to go straight but get tangled up in an army supply theft. This lighthearted Western comedy is filled with slapstick humor and a series of comical mishaps as they try to prove their innocence.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Slapstick pratfalls and comedic chases
- Characters mistaken for women for laughs
What it models well
- Friendship and loyalty
- Trying to do the right thing
- Teamwork
- Humor in adversity
Talk about it after
- Mistakes and second chances
- Why honesty is important
- How misjudgments can happen
- The historical setting of the Old West
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Top billed cast
Director: Vincent McEveety • Crew: Don Tait
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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersGood again. Like the first film, <em>'The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'</em> manages to suitably entertain. I still don't think Theodore (Don Knotts) and Amos (Tim Conway) are majorly funny, but it is enjoyable to see their shenanigans - especially amid well-known crooks.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.4/10 (78)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5,450,000
- Box office
- $20,931,111
- Franchise
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Collection
- IMDb
- tt0078790
