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The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)

The North Avenue Irregulars poster
Directed by
Bruce Bilson
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
G
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mild-mannered minister recruits a group of unlikely volunteers to help him take on local organized crime. The group uses unorthodox methods to outsmart the criminals.

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What happens

The North Avenue Irregulars is a 1979 American comedy crime film produced by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Company, and starring Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris, Cloris Leachman, Karen Valentine and Susan Clark. Don Tait wrote the screenplay, which was loosely based on the Rev. Albert Fay Hill's memoir of fighting the mob in New Rochelle, New York, in the 1960s. The film was released as Hill's Angels in the United Kingdom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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