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For the Love of Willadean

1964 · 97 min

A gentle, old-fashioned small-town romp full of boyish pranks, mild scares and easy laughs.

Overview
A new boy, Harley, joins a club but shows an interest in the girl on whom the club leader has a crush. The two club members trick Harley into stealing a prize watermelon to the dismay of the furious farmer, and later dare him to enter a supposedly haunted house in which they uncover a bag of money stolen in a bank robbery.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • deception
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
family, comedy, tv movie
Directed by
Byron Paul
Written by
Arnold Peyser, Lois Peyser
Starring
Michael McGreevey, Bill Mumy, Roger Mobley, Terry Burnham, Ed Wynn, John Anderson, Barbara Eiler, Harry Harvey
Music
Franklyn Marks, Bob Brunner
Cinematography
William E. Snyder
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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