Bear Shooters

The gang decides to go camping with a little bear hunting on the side. A pair of poachers decides to try and scare them off with a gorilla suit but the gang decides to try and capture the gorilla instead.

Cast

Leon Janney

as Donald 'Spud'

Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

as Wheezer

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

as Farina

Jackie Cooper

as Jackie

Mary Ann Jackson

as Mary Ann

Norman Chaney

as Chubby

Bob Kortman

as Bootlegger #1

Charlie Hall

as Charlie

Fay Holderness

as Spud's Mother

Charles Gemora

as Gorilla

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