No Deposit, No Return (1976)

Directed by

Norman Tokar

Genre

heist film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

G

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 93 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two kids decide to fake a kidnapping to get money from their wealthy grandparents. They team up with a couple of clumsy criminals who help with the scheme.

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What happens

No Deposit, No Return is a 1976 American crime comedy film directed by Norman Tokar and produced by Walt Disney Productions. The film was written by Arthur Alsberg and Don Nelson, and stars David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Herschel Bernardi, Charles Martin Smith, Barbara Feldon, Kim Richards, and Brad Savage. Inspired by the O. Henry short stories "The Ransom of Red Chief" and "A Retrieved Reformation", the film follows two children, Tracy and Jay, who hold themselves for ransom, reluctantly aided by a couple of inept petty criminals, expert safecracker Duke and his bungling sidekick Bert. It was released in theaters on February 11, 1976, accompanied with a reissue of the animated film Dumbo (1941). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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