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Name: Emil and the Detectives
Released: 1964-12-18
Cast: Walter Slezak, Bryan Russell, Roger Mobley, Cindy Cassell

Emil and the Detectives

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1h 39m
1964

83%

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When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his grandmother and his cousin, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. Emil must get the money back as it is for his grandmother. While following the thief, Emil runs into Gustav, an enterprising young boy who gathers up all his friends to help Emil find the money. Emil's cousin also gets involved and they get into more trouble than they bargained for when Emil's pickpocket turns out to be mixed up with a couple of notorious bank robbers.

Director:

Peter Tewksbury

Producer:

Walt Disney

Writer:

AJ Carothers

Cast:

Walter Slezak, Bryan Russell, Roger Mobley, Cindy Cassell

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

83%

Reviews

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Joe Lipsett

While the shot-on-location adaptation of Erich Kästner's classic makes Emil and the Detectives feel like a Berlin vacation, the film loses sight of its plucky protagonist in favour of Gustav and raises the stakes far too dramatically (child murder?!)

[Director Peter Tweksbury] has kept the kiddies from gushing too coyly, suppressed the mugging of a comic trio of thieves, photographed the fresh Berlin setting in effective color, and juxtaposed suspense and wit with a nice, bouncing pace.

The children will howl and grown-ups will look on with smiling indulgence.

Slezak and his pals, known as the three skrinks, are amusing in their blundering progress and the many kids respond enthusiastically to Peter Tewksbury's direction.

It is a picture that will intrigue and delight children as well as adults.

December 2, 2020

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