Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Directed by Nick Castle
babysitter
based on comic
slingshot
Rank
#83 in 1993·#7377 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
2.7 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Walter Matthau
Mr. Wilson
Mason Gamble
Dennis Mitchell
Joan Plowright
Martha Wilson
Christopher Lloyd
Switchblade Sam
Lea Thompson
Alice Mitchell
Robert Stanton
Henry Mitchell
Amy Sakasitz
Margaret Wade
Paul Winfield
Chief of Police
Natasha Lyonne
Polly
Devin Ratray
Mickey
Hank Johnston
Gunther
Melinda Mullins
Andrea
Crew
Nick Castle
Director
John Hughes
Screenplay
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Alan Heim
Editor
Thomas E. Ackerman
Director of Photography
John Hughes
Producer
Scott Martin Gershin
Sound Designer
Debbie Lee Carrington
Stunt Double
James D. Bissell
Production Design
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Wylie Stateman
Supervising Sound Editor
Alexander Courage
Orchestrator
Popular Reviews
325 reviews
Dionysis
6.3★ · 05/12/26
Documentary of me as a kid
Documentary of me as a kid
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Zora palPRO
4.0★ · 05/02/26
I’ll strangle you Dennis..
I’ll strangle you Dennis..
Luka
7.0★ · 02/25/26
i wish i was alive in the 90s
i wish i was alive in the 90s
ssowy
6.0★ · 01/31/26
honestly, i'd love to have that kind of menace in my life, messy and clever, but also very loving.
honestly, i'd love to have that kind of menace in my life, messy and clever, but also very loving.
