Darren McGavin Archives - Family Friendly Movies

The Night Strangler

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July 22, 2023February 29, 2024

In The Night Strangler, reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a series of murders in Seattle. Murders that occur every 21 years …

Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Darrin McGavin

Kolchak: The Night Stalker – the complete series

Kolchak: the Night Stalker. Darren McGavin shines as Carl Kolchak, a reporter who keeps finding himself unwillingly investigating the supernatural

No Deposit, No Return [Don Knotts]

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June 15, 2016May 11, 2022

Editorial Review of No Deposit, No Return (1976) starring Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, David Niven —courtesy of Amazon.com

Tracy and Jay Osborne’s mother is shipping the unwilling children off to their grandfather’s house for Easter vacation while she attends to business in Hong Kong. The children plot a trip to visit their mother and, with the help of Jay’s pet skunk, evade their grandfather and airport security to escape in a taxicab with two safe-cracking vandals. The foursome proceeds to stage a kidnapping – although just who kidnapped whom is up for debate.

The Delicate Delinquent

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March 24, 2016April 9, 2021

The Delicate Delinquent (1957) starring Jerry Lewis, Darren McGavin

The Delicate Delinquent is Jerry Lewis’ first solo film without Dean Martin – but it’s worth watching for more than that. In the title role, Jerry Lewis plays the part of Sidney Pythias. Sidney is mistaken for a gang member during a police round-up. Then a caring police officer named Damon, played by Darren McGavin, intercedes in the directionless young man’s life. For the better. The movie was originally written for the team of Martin and Lewis. The title characters’ names referring to the Greek myth of Damon and Pythias, inseparable friends. Darren McGavin does excellently in the role of Officer Damon, who is “bucking the system”. By trying to rehabilitate delinquents.