Dennis the Menace
He's armed... He's adorable... And he's out of school for the entire summer.
1993 | 94m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Nick Castle |
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| Writer: | Hank Ketcham, John Hughes |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 09, 1993 |
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| Director: | Nick Castle |
| Writer: | Hank Ketcham, John Hughes |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy |
| Keywords | babysitter, based on comic, slingshot |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, Hughes Entertainment, Warner Bros. Family Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $117,270,765
Budget: $35,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Walter Matthau | George Wilson |
| Mason Gamble | Dennis Mitchell |
| Joan Plowright | Martha Wilson |
| Christopher Lloyd | Switchblade Sam |
| Lea Thompson | Alice Mitchell |
| Robert Stanton | Henry Mitchell |
| Amy Sakasitz | Margaret Wade |
| Kellen Hathaway | Joey |
| Paul Winfield | Chief of Police |
| Natasha Lyonne | Polly |
| Devin Ratray | Mickey |
| Hank Johnston | Gunther |
| Melinda Mullins | Andrea |
| Billie Bird | Edith Butterwell |
| Bill Erwin | Edward Little |
| Arnold Stang | Photographer |
| Ben Stein | Boss |
| Ethel Gerstein | Gaggle Lady #1 |
| Rebecca Hogan | Gaggle Lady #2 |
| Leona Toppel | Gaggle Lady #3 |
| Peggy Goldberg | Gaggle Lady #4 |
| Jack McGuigan | Gaggle Man |
| Corey Vane | Mike |
| Casey Gamble | Hide and Seeker |
| Diana Rein | Babysitter |
| Robert A. Saunders | Broken Arm Babysitter |
| Beverly J. O'Donnell | Elderly Babysitter |
| Suzy Brack | Next-Door Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Thomas F. Evans | Dennis Mitchell's Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Kirk Kelly | Kid in Window (uncredited) |
| Jeannie Russell | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Hank Ketcham | Novel |
| Dave McMoyler | Sound Editor |
| Richard Dwan Jr. | Sound Editor |
| Jeffrey J. Haboush | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kelly Oxford | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mary Tallman | Script Supervisor |
| Bridget Kelly | Costume Design |
| Michael Baugh | Art Direction |
| Cheryl Beasley Blackwell | Costume Supervisor |
| Darrell Hall | Music Editor |
| Chris Hogan | Dialogue Editor |
| James R. Alexander | Sound Mixer |
| Kenneth Hall | Music Editor |
| Michael D. Wilhoit | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Rick Hart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Randy Kelley | Sound Effects Editor |
| Marsha Blackburn | Still Photographer |
| Eve Cauley | Set Decoration |
| R. Anthony Brown | Unit Production Manager |
| Thomas E. Ackerman | Director of Photography |
| Kevin E. Carpenter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dino DiMuro | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jan Evans | Script Supervisor |
| Steven Wolff | Art Direction |
| Scott Stambler | Music Editor |
| Jeffrey A. Williams | Boom Operator |
| Christopher Assells | Dialogue Editor |
| William D'Ambra | Property Master |
| John S. Robertson | Key Grip |
| Dan M. Rich | Dialogue Editor |
| Dan Chuba | Visual Effects Producer |
| John Hughes | Screenplay |
| Nick Castle | Director |
| Alan Heim | Editor |
| Wylie Stateman | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Scott Martin Gershin | Sound Designer |
| James D. Bissell | Production Design |
| Ann Roth | Costume Design |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting Director |
| Debbie Lee Carrington | Stunt Double |
| Alexander Courage | Orchestrator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ernest Chambers | Executive Producer |
| Richard Vane | Producer |
| John Hughes | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 34 | 42 | 21 |
| 2024 | 5 | 42 | 58 | 32 |
| 2024 | 6 | 29 | 42 | 20 |
| 2024 | 7 | 38 | 60 | 22 |
| 2024 | 8 | 35 | 50 | 21 |
| 2024 | 9 | 27 | 39 | 19 |
| 2024 | 10 | 33 | 65 | 20 |
| 2024 | 11 | 30 | 57 | 21 |
| 2024 | 12 | 33 | 51 | 22 |
| 2025 | 1 | 32 | 43 | 22 |
| 2025 | 2 | 21 | 39 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
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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 ... maybe I'm too much of a grumpy old man myself at this point, but this little brat is borderline evil in his stupid behavior. The old man is a jerk too, but it is largely reactionary. I can't even remember the inevitable heart-warming resolution of the child lying to the old man at the end of the movie right before he does it again. It's like watching a serial killer documentary: this is a sociopathic character, and I'm glad we don't have modern day versions of this, at least not that I can see.