No Deposit, No Return (1976) Online
After finding out that their mother is going to be working through another school holiday, two children are shipped to spend the holiday with their Grandfather. On their way to their Grandfather, the children decide to fly to see their mother in Hong Kong instead but they need money for tickets. They accidentally run into two criminals at the airport and end up in a taxi with them. At the criminal's hideout, the children decide to send a ransom note to their Grandfather to fund their flight to Hong Kong and help the criminals pay a debt. Shenanigans ensue and like O. Henry's novel, of "The Ransom of Red Chief" the ransom decreases as time passes.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
David Niven | - | J.W. Osborne | |
Darren McGavin | - | Duke | |
Don Knotts | - | Bert | |
Herschel Bernardi | - | Sgt. Turner | |
Barbara Feldon | - | Carolyn | |
Kim Richards | - | Tracy | |
Brad Savage | - | Jay | |
John Williams | - | Jameson | |
Charles Martin Smith | - | Longnecker (as Charlie Martin Smith) | |
Vic Tayback | - | Big Joe | |
Bob Hastings | - | Peter | |
Louis Guss | - | Freddie | |
Richard O'Brien | - | Capt. Boland | |
Barney Phillips | - | Sgt. Benson | |
Ruth Manning | - | Miss Murdock |
First of two movies pairing Don Knotts & Darren McGavin. The two later co-starred in another Disney production, Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978). Both, Don Knotts & Darren McGavin died within a few hours of each other on Saturday, February 25th, 2006.
Don Knotts said that one day, while he was filming scenes for this project in the San Francisco airport, a director approached him and said he would like to cast him in a more dramatic film one time. Although this never happened, Knotts said he was flattered by the offer. The director that suggested this idea to Don Knotts, was Sam Peckinpah.
A picture of "Herbie", aka The Love Bug (1968) doing a wheelie is on the wall in Bert and Duke's living room among other racing pictures. Don Knotts, (Bert) later co-starred as Herbie's mechanic in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), with Dean Jones'
First of two movies pairing Don Knotts and Darren McGavin. The two later co-starred in another Disney production, Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978). Knotts and McGavin would both die within a few hours of each other on the same day, February 25, 2006.
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