Release Date | 1980-09-30 |
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Runtime | 100 minutes |
Genres | Family, Comedy, Drama, TV Movie |
Stars | Gary Coleman, Katherine Helmond, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Pat O’Brien, Harry Morgan |
Directors | Henry Levin, Bennett Foster, Jim Begg, Jimmy Hawkins, Mike Post |
Gary Coleman stars as little Joey Seymour, a clever but lonely orphan shuffled from one foster home to the next, who is also determined to be the best Cub Scout ever. Pearl Bartlett (Katherine Helmond) is a hard-working executive who dislikes children, but she must take on a troop of Cub Scouts and become a den mother to save her job. Somewhere along the way, Joey teaches Pearl the true meaning of caring.