The Double McGuffin

The Double McGuffin

Directed by Joe Camp
Produced by Joe Camp
Written by Joe Camp
Starring Lisa Whelchel
Ernest Borgnine
George Kennedy
Dion Pride
Greg Hodges
Music by Euel Box
Cinematography Don Reddy
Edited by Steve R. Moore
Leon Seith
Production
company
Mulberry Square Productions
Distributed by Mulberry Square Releasing
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Best Film & Video Corp.
Release dates
  • June 1979 (1979-06) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Double McGuffin is a 1979 American mystery film written and directed by Joe Camp.[1][2] The film starred Ernest Borgnine and George Kennedy,[2] alongside a group of young actors, some of whom later became famous, including Lisa Whelchel, who would go on to star in the sitcom The Facts of Life.

Elke Sommer and NFL stars Ed 'Too Tall' Jones and Lyle Alzado also appear in smaller roles. The film also included a young Vincent Spano as well as Dion Pride (son of country singer Charley Pride). An opening narration is provided by Orson Welles. The cast included Chicago native Michael Gerard, and Dallas area child actors Greg Hodges and Jeff Nicholson.

Film title

At the beginning of the film, the narrator, Orson Welles, informs the audience that a McGuffin is an object that serves as the focal point of a plot and this film has two.[2]

Plot

A group of boarding school students discover, in succession, a suitcase full of money, a dead body, and a dismembered hand. They are unable to convince the local police to take them seriously, because they have not secured any evidence and because the police chief (played by Kennedy) is suspicious of them due to their past misbehavior. They follow the evidence themselves and realize that a political assassination is planned at a school event. They foil the plot themselves.

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