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Jimmy the Kid

Jimmy the Kid is a 1982 American comedy film starring Gary Coleman and Paul Le Mat. It was directed by Gary Nelson, produced by Ronald Jacobs,[2] and released on November 12, 1982 by New World Pictures. Following 1981's On the Right Track, it was the second theatrical film release starring Coleman.[3]

Jimmy the Kid

Jimmy the Kid novel by Donald E. Westlake

Ronald Jacobs

Dennis Dalzell

Zephyr Productions
  • November 12, 1982 (1982-11-12)

85 minutes

United States

English

$5 million or $2.6 million[1]

as Jimmy

Gary Coleman

as John Dortmunder

Paul Le Mat

as Bernice

Ruth Gordon

as May

Dee Wallace

as Herb

Cleavon Little

as Harry Walker

Don Adams

as Maurice

Pat Morita

Fay Hauser as Nina

as Dr. Stevens

Avery Schreiber

as Kelp

Walter Olkewicz

Production[edit]

The film was based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Donald E. Westlake. It was the third book of Westlake's Dortmunder series.[4] One of the shooting locations was Bob Hope's Malibu Canyon plantation.[5]

Release[edit]

Jimmy the Kid was released in theatres on November 12, 1982. In the Lawrence Journal-World, a national newspaper advertisement used in November 1982 to advertise release of film.[12] Jimmy the Kid was released on VHS.[13]

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