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Release Date:
26 March 1961 (USA) moreTagline:
The Kid Who Captured an Army!NewsDesk:
Legend Irwin Hasen Creates Graphic Novel(From Comicmix. 29 September 2009, 10:36 AM, PDT)
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Is making really awful movie, maybe yes, Mr. Big-Producer-Buddy, please? more (19 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Janssen | ... | Dealey |
 | Patti Page | ... | Liz |
| Walter Winchell | ... | Himself |
| Mickey Shaughnessy | ... | Sergeant |
| Robert Strauss | ... | Sammy Boy |
| Arnold Stang | ... | Peewee |
| Louis Quinn | ... | Dimmy |
| Gale Gordon | ... | Colonel |
 | Dick Patterson | ... | Perky |
| Susan Kelly | ... | Lt. Calhoun |
| John Melfi | ... | Jo-Jo |
| Bonnie Scott | ... | Gladdy |
| William Wellman Jr. | ... | Ted |
| Nola Thorp | ... | Candy |
| Joan Staley | ... | Sally |
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99 minCountry:
USALanguage:
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MonoCertification:
Finland:SFun Stuff
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The casting of the leading role was narrowed down to two candidates: David Kory, who got the part, and Damon Lanza, the son of actor-singer Mario Lanza. moreQuotes:
Dondi: [looking for his GI friends on the streets of New York] Buddies! Where you are? Is me, Dondi! moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Horror of Party Beach (#9.17)" (1997) moreSoundtrack:
Meadow in the Sky moreFAQ
Did this film make Harry Medved's list of "Fifty Worst Films of All Time"?What dialogue from this film was quoted in Harry Medved's "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time"?
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Dondi (1961)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Not as bad as the reviews made it out to be!! | cryptical70 |
| You oughta be in pictures.... | martanis |
| Whatever happened to David Kory? | miriamwebster |
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The summary line is, of course, intended to parody David Kory's very strange use of language in this film, but I can't shake myself of the idea that the pinhead who first proposed this as a project spoke of it in like glowing words.
The comic strip was okay for what it was. But trying to make a movie out of it? Watching this is a stomach-turner to be sure. The whole syrupy lovableness bit is nauseating, and I've heard stories of kids who watched this when it first came out having squirmed with embarrassment at it, which is pretty painful when you consider how undemanding kids usually are when it comes to kid-friendly movies. Even worse are the stale, unfunny jokes.
A sequel was planned, but thankfully it went nowhere. David Kory couldn't act, but even worse is the fact that his director couldn't, evidently, do his own job either.