Monday, July 16, 2012

Emil and the Detectives (1964)

Walt Disney Pictures
Directed by Peter Tewksbury
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Disney)

Emil is sent to Berlin by bus to visit his grandmother, but has his pockets picked of a large sum of cash. His pursuit of the thief leads him to "hire" a group of amateur kid detectives. They discover a plan to rob a bank by digging a tunnel from an old bombed-out building. Its got a certain undefinable charm of older Disney productions and the location shooting in early 60s Berlin is interesting as well. Cindy Cassell as Emil's cousin and intrepid kid reporter steals her scenes.

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