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* MarriageOfConvenience: Donovan and Dusty originally marry for the sole purpose of adopting three orphaned siblings and give them a stable home, thus saving them from the rest of the townsfolk who would've taken them in as more of servants or farmhands than treating them like their own kids.
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* WithThisRing: When Donovan and Dusty embark on their marriage of convenience, their impromptu wedding is officiated by the local Justice of the Peace in his barbershop because he doubles as the small town's barber (and triples as it's Judge). Telling them their union will be more official with a ring, which they hadn't even thought about, he pulls a metallic band off the neck of a bottle of hair tonic for Donovan to place on Dusty's finger. After they balk when he says, "You may now kiss the bride," he tells them they can shake on it instead.
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* PlankGag: Theodore and Amos attempt to steal a ladder from the firehouse. Turns out it is very hard to maneuver it in small quarters. HilarityEnsues.
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* TheLadysFavor: Downplayed. Clovis asks Donovan about a jeweled pin he carries around with him but Donovan doesn't tell him the name of the woman who gave it to him. Later, Clovis sees the banker exiting the saloon with the pin.
--> '''Clovis;''' Hey, Mr. Donovan, why does he got your "cherished token of a lady's affection"?
--> '''Donovan:''' Because three deuces beats aces over eights, that's why.
--> '''Clovis;''' Hey, Mr. Donovan, why does he got your "cherished token of a lady's affection"?
--> '''Donovan:''' Because three deuces beats aces over eights, that's why.
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* AdaptedOut: Two of the Bradley children, a teenaged girl and a three-year-old girl, are exclusive to the novel.
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* AdaptedOut: Two of the Bradley children, children( a teenaged girl and a three-year-old girl, girl), a deputy sheriff, and various outlaws and townspeople are exclusive to the novel.novel.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Whintle only comes back to town to take guardianship of the kids [[GoldDigger once they get rich]] in the film, but in the book, they never get rich, and he comes back for altruistic reasons after sobering up and cleaning up enough to be a good guardian to them.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Whintle only comes back to town to take guardianship of the kids [[GoldDigger once they get rich]] in the film, but in the book, they never get rich, and he comes back for altruistic reasons after sobering up and cleaning up enough to be a good guardian to them.
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* DecompositeCharacter: In the book, the tough poker-playing sheriff and the in-over-his-head man who gets tricked into taking responsibility for the kids are the same person.
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* RecruitTheMuggles: In both the book and the film, everyone in town who has a gun goes racing to break up the bank robbery.
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* KarmaHoudini: Wintle, who leaves a trail of slime everywhere he goes, tricks Donovan into getting stuck with custody of three children, Wintle's own nephews and niece that he's skipping out on after their parents died. Then he shows up when he hears about the enormous gold nugget the children found, with a scumbag attorney helping him claim custody. Nothing happens to him other than he doesn't get the nugget, and the children don't either because the idiots they asked to steal it end up blowing it up, and the townsfolk help themselves to the pieces without regard for ownership. They fit this trope as well.
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* PapaWolf: Donovan starts to become very protective over the Bradley children over the course of the film, especially towards Celia. When Stillwell kidnaps her, Donovan doesn't hesitate to chase after him, leading to an epic fist fight aboard a coach wagon ''going down a river''.
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* PapaWolf: Donovan starts to become very protective over the Bradley children over the course of the film, especially towards Celia. When Stillwell kidnaps her, Donovan doesn't hesitate to chase after him, leading to an epic fist fight fistfight aboard a coach wagon ''going down a river''.
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* AccidentalPassenger: While the three adventurous, orphaned siblings are searching for gold in an abandoned mine, they climb into a mine cart. One of them accidentally steps on the brake handle, unengaging it, making them accidental passengers. The cart then carries them down the mountainside and careens through the town, wreaking havoc as it goes.
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* ConMenHateGuns: When Mr. Donovan is forced to fight, he prefers to use his fists.
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* ConMenHateGuns: ConMenHateGuns:
** When Mr. Donovan is forced to fight, he prefers to use his fists.
** When Mr. Donovan is forced to fight, he prefers to use his fists.
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->'''Theodore:''' The Lord poured your brains in with a teaspoon and somebody joggled his arm!
* DrivingADesk: Utilized any time the characters are in a vehicle.
* DrivingADesk: Utilized any time the characters are in a vehicle.
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* GirlinessUpgrade: Dusty gets one at the end, played as a SheCleansUpNicely moment.
* GirlinessUpgrade: Dusty gets one at the end, played as a SheCleansUpNicely moment.
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* GirlinessUpgrade: Dusty gets one at the end, played as a SheCleansUpNicely
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* HamToHamCombat: Yes, it's Creator/DonKnotts and [[Series/TheCarolBurnettShow Tim Conway]] together as a comic team. HilarityEnsues and devours all the scenery in sight.
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* HamToHamCombat: Yes, it's Creator/DonKnotts and [[Series/TheCarolBurnettShow Tim Conway]] together as a comic team. HilarityEnsues and devours all the scenery in sight.sight, particularly when they're attempting to steal the ladder off a fire engine under the nose of a sleeping fireman.
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* HeartwarmingOrphan: Three of 'em. It's a Disney movie, after all.
* HeelFaceTurn: Amos and Theodore. At the end of the movie, they're fully reformed and join Donovan, Dusty and the Bradley children to their farm in New Orleans as Ranch Hands. Then again, given how ineffective they were as criminals and how they were generally decent guys to begin with, they were never really much of a Heel anyway.
* HeelFaceTurn: Amos and Theodore. At the end of the movie, they're fully reformed and join Donovan, Dusty and the Bradley children to their farm in New Orleans as Ranch Hands. Then again, given how ineffective they were as criminals and how they were generally decent guys to begin with, they were never really much of a Heel anyway.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Amos and Theodore. At the end of the movie, they're fully reformed and join Donovan, Dusty and the Bradley children to their farm in New Orleans as
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: If the concluding gun fight is any indication, it was attended by both the good guys and the bad guys. In the end, EverybodyLives and the bad guys go to jail.
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: If the concluding gun fight is any indication, it was attended by both the good guys and the bad guys. In the end, no one is hit, EverybodyLives and the bad guys go to jail.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: How the kids convince Amos and Theodore into taking the gold for themselves.
* InspectorJavert: In the sequel, Marshal Wooly Bill Hitchcock relentlessly pursues Amos and Theodore for a bank robbery they didn't commit and is blinded by a desire to avenge the injuries and humiliations that the duo accidentally inflict on him. [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner At one point, he reads off a list of charges against them, sentences them to death (declaring they've forfeited the right to an actual trial) and tries to gun them down.]]
* InspectorJavert: In the sequel, Marshal Wooly Bill Hitchcock relentlessly pursues Amos and Theodore for a bank robbery they didn't commit and is blinded by a desire to avenge the injuries and humiliations that the duo accidentally inflict on him. [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner At one point, he reads off a list of charges against them, sentences them to death (declaring they've forfeited the right to an actual trial) and tries to gun them down.]]
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* InspectorJavert: In the sequel, Marshal Wooly Bill Hitchcock relentlessly pursues Amos and Theodore for a bank robbery they didn't
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** AccidentallyBrokeTheMacGuffin: Accidentally dynamited by (naturally) Amos and Theodore
** LivingMacGuffin: In a certain sense, the kids themselves become [=MacGuffins=] once it's established that adopting them provides access to the gold
** MacGuffinMelee: The film's climax.
** LivingMacGuffin: In a certain sense, the kids themselves become [=MacGuffins=] once it's established that adopting them provides access to the gold
** MacGuffinMelee: The film's climax.
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** AccidentallyBrokeTheMacGuffin: Accidentally dynamited by (naturally) Amos and Theodore
Theodore.
** LivingMacGuffin: In a certain sense, the kids themselves become [=MacGuffins=] once it's established that adopting them provides access to thegold
gold.
** MacGuffinMelee: The film'sclimax.climax, the bank in which the nugget is being housed explodes and the townsfolk scramble for slivers of it.
** LivingMacGuffin: In a certain sense, the kids themselves become [=MacGuffins=] once it's established that adopting them provides access to the
** MacGuffinMelee: The film's
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* MarriageBeforeRomance: [[spoiler:Donovan and Dusty]].
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* MarriageBeforeRomance: [[spoiler:Donovan Donovan and Dusty]].Dusty get married for the sake of the children, but fall for each other afterwards.
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* RollercoasterMine: It isn't actually ''in'' the mine, but there is a bit with the characters in an out-of-control mine car.
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* RollercoasterMine: It isn't actually ''in'' the mine, but there is a bit with the characters in an out-of-control mine car.car racing down the mountain and then wreaking havoc through the town.
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* StupidCrooks: The two robbers Amos and Theodore, who are after the gold the children found certainly count, with Don Knotts and Tim Conway as the robbers in TheFilmOfTheBook. How dumb are they? Consider that Creator/DonKnotts plays the ''smart'' one. They were once captured by a lawman who took pity on them and told them he couldn't hang them because he didn't have any rope, but if they came back tomorrow with some rope he'd take care of it. After they leave, the sheriff tells the banker that if they're dumb enough to come back with a rope, he'll hang them for being TooDumbToLive. The only reason they didn't come back to be hung was because ''they couldn't find any rope''.
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* StupidCrooks: The two robbers robbers, Amos and Theodore, who are after the gold the children found certainly count, with Don Knotts and Tim Conway as the robbers in TheFilmOfTheBook. portraying them. How dumb are they? they:
** Consider that Creator/DonKnotts plays the ''smart'' one. They were once captured by a lawman who took pity on them and told them he couldn't hang them because he didn't have any rope, but if they came back tomorrow with some rope he'd take care of it. After they leave, the sheriff tells the banker that if they're dumb enough to come back with a rope, he'll hang them for being TooDumbToLive. The only reason they didn't come back to be hung was because ''they couldn't find any rope''.
** Consider that Creator/DonKnotts plays the ''smart'' one. They were once captured by a lawman who took pity on them and told them he couldn't hang them because he didn't have any rope, but if they came back tomorrow with some rope he'd take care of it. After they leave, the sheriff tells the banker that if they're dumb enough to come back with a rope, he'll hang them for being TooDumbToLive. The only reason they didn't come back to be hung was because ''they couldn't find any rope''.
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* DrivingADesk: Any time the characters are in a vehicle, and looking [[SpecialEffectFailure especially fake]] in the scene with the runaway mine car
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* DrivingADesk: Any Utilized any time the characters are in a vehicle, and looking [[SpecialEffectFailure especially fake]] in the scene with the runaway mine carvehicle.
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* TheDitz: Both Amos ''and'' Theodore.
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* TheDitz: Both Amos ''and'' Theodore.and Theodore both aren't particularly bright, but Amos is ''especially'' dumb, being quite clumsy and LiteralMinded. As Theodore says to him at one point:
->'''Theodore:''' The Lord poured your brains in with a teaspoon and somebody joggled his arm!
->'''Theodore:''' The Lord poured your brains in with a teaspoon and somebody joggled his arm!
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is a 1971 {{Western}} novel written by Jack M. Bickham. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was produced by Creator/{{Disney}} in 1975, and was followed by a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most commercially successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
The story follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell Donovan (played in the film by Creator/BillBixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Creator/TimConway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them, in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
Conway and Knotts play the leads in the sequel, in which Bixby and the rest of the original cast don't appear (save for Creator/HarryMorgan, who [[YouLookFamiliar returns as a different character]]).
The story follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell Donovan (played in the film by Creator/BillBixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Creator/TimConway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them, in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
Conway and Knotts play the leads in the sequel, in which Bixby and the rest of the original cast don't appear (save for Creator/HarryMorgan, who [[YouLookFamiliar returns as a different character]]).
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is a 1971 1975 Creator/{{Disney}} live-action {{Western}} comedy film directed by Norman Tokar, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the 1971 novel of the same name written by Jack M. Bickham. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was produced by Creator/{{Disney}} in 1975, and was followed by a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most commercially successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
Bickham.
The story follows a group of orphaned childrenduring the California gold rush.in 1879 California. They encounter Russell Donovan (played in the film by Creator/BillBixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Creator/TimConway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them, in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss boss, Frank Stillwell (Slim Pickens) Pickens), also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
children.
Notable for being the most commercially-successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]]. Followed by a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. Conway and Knotts play the leads in the latter film, in which Bixby and the rest of the original cast don't appear (save for Creator/HarryMorgan, who [[YouLookFamiliar returns as a different character]]).
Conway and Knotts play the leads in the sequel, in which Bixby and the rest of the original cast don't appear (save for Creator/HarryMorgan, who [[YouLookFamiliar returns as a different character]]).
The story follows a group of orphaned children
Notable for being the most commercially-successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]]. Followed by a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. Conway and Knotts play the leads in the latter film, in which Bixby and the rest of the original cast don't appear (save for Creator/HarryMorgan, who [[YouLookFamiliar returns as a different character]]).
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is a 1971 novel written by Jack Bickham. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was produced by Creator/{{Disney}} in 1975, and was followed by a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most commercially successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell Donovan (played in the film by Creator/BillBixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Creator/TimConway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them, in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is a 1971 novel written by Jack Bickham. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was produced by Creator/{{Disney}} in 1975, and was followed by a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most commercially successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell Donovan (played in the film by Creator/BillBixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Creator/TimConway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them, in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
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''The Apple Dumpling Gang'' is a 1971 {{Western}} novel written by Jack M. Bickham. A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]] was produced by Creator/{{Disney}} in 1975, and was followed by a sequel, ''The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again'', in 1979. The initial movie is noteworthy for being the most commercially successful Disney film of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]].
The story
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: In the sequel, Reid gets a scene chopping wood with no shirt on, and does a bit of flirting with the TheGeneralsDaughter in the process.
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The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell Donovan (played in the film by Creator/BillBixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Creator/TimConway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
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The story of the novel and movie follows a group of orphaned children during the California gold rush. They encounter Russell Donovan (played in the film by Creator/BillBixby), a gambler who reluctantly helps them, as well as Theodore (Creator/DonKnotts) and Amos (Creator/TimConway), a pair of hapless robbers who are after the gold the children have found. Dusty (Susan Clark), the female stagecoach driver, is persuaded to marry the gambler who is currently taking care of them them, in an attempt to keep the children off the streets and away from those who would take their gold from them. Meanwhile, Amos and Theodore's former boss (Slim Pickens) also tries to steal the gold and ends up kidnapping the children.
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* {{Bandito}}: This being the characterization of the only Hispanic in the cast.
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* {{Bandito}}: This being the The characterization of the only Hispanic in the cast.
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* ExactWords: (Dusty is chasing after Donovan in the saloon, throwing things at him and screaming at him)
-->'''Donovan''': "Let me say one word" \\
'''Dusty''': "One word."\\
'''Donovan''': "Dusty, -"\\
'''Dusty''': "That's it!" (ass-kicking resumes)
-->'''Donovan''': "Let me say one word" \\
'''Dusty''': "One word."\\
'''Donovan''': "Dusty, -"\\
'''Dusty''': "That's it!" (ass-kicking resumes)
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* ExactWords: (Dusty Dusty is chasing after Donovan in the saloon, throwing things at him and screaming at him)
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-->'''Donovan''':"Let Let me say one word" word! \\
'''Dusty''':"One One word."\\
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'''Donovan''':"Dusty, -"\\
Dusty -\\
'''Dusty''':"That's it!" (ass-kicking resumes)That's it! (''ass-kicking resumes'')
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* PlatonicCoParenting: The whole reason Donovan suggests that he and Dusty get married is so they can do this for the three kids.
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* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: John Wintle, the ner-do-well who ducks out on taking care of the kids, is their father in the book and became their legal guardian when their mother died. In the film, he's their uncle and became their guardian when both of their parents died.
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* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: John Wintle, the ner-do-well ne'er-do-well who ducks out on taking care of the kids, is their father in the book and became their legal guardian when their mother died. In the film, he's their uncle and became their guardian when both of their parents died.
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