Usually when a movie features a prominent child star, it fills the rest of the movie with grown-ups. One kid in front of the camera (with naptimes and an overbearing mother to contend with) is usually enough, and the box office draw wouldn't be enhanced with more tots in the credits. However, sometimes you'll find a movie with a bunch of kids as the leads, with the grown-ups as garnish. In Home, Sweet Homicide, three siblings take over the main plot as they try to solve a murder.
Peggy Ann Gardner, Connie Marshall, and Dean Stockwell (all recipients of the Hot Toasty Rag Juvenile awards) are children of Lynn Bari, a novelist. Lynn is busy working on her latest mystery on the page, and as she "neglects" her kids, they discover a real mystery down the street. Even though police detectives Randolph Scott and James Gleason are called on the scene, the kids are determined to help figure out the identity of the murderer.
This is a cute family flick that truly will be fun for all ages. Dean Stockwell is just as cute as can be, Peggy Ann Gardner can draw in the teenagers who think they're smarter than the grown-ups, and the adult detectives provide comic relief for the taller folks in the audience.
Peggy Ann Gardner, Connie Marshall, and Dean Stockwell (all recipients of the Hot Toasty Rag Juvenile awards) are children of Lynn Bari, a novelist. Lynn is busy working on her latest mystery on the page, and as she "neglects" her kids, they discover a real mystery down the street. Even though police detectives Randolph Scott and James Gleason are called on the scene, the kids are determined to help figure out the identity of the murderer.
This is a cute family flick that truly will be fun for all ages. Dean Stockwell is just as cute as can be, Peggy Ann Gardner can draw in the teenagers who think they're smarter than the grown-ups, and the adult detectives provide comic relief for the taller folks in the audience.