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.

Walter Matthau
as George Wilson

Mason Gamble
as Dennis Mitchell

Joan Plowright
as Martha Wilson

Christopher Lloyd
as Switchblade Sam

Lea Thompson
as Alice Mitchell

Robert Stanton
as Henry Mitchell

Amy Sakasitz
as Margaret Wade

Kellen Hathaway
as Joey

Paul Winfield
as Chief of Police

Natasha Lyonne
as Polly
Kamurai
Bad watch, unlikely to watch again, and can't recommend unless you're just dying to see a poor version of "Home Alone" in reverse. I've probably seen this before, but I can't remember it, and I used to read "Dennis the Menace" in the funny papers, can't say I was even that big a fan then. And ...