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The Double McGuffin is a 1979 American mystery film written and directed by Joe Camp.[2][3] The film stars Ernest Borgnine and George Kennedy.[3]

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The Double McGuffin
Theatrical release poster by Saul Bass
Directed by	Joe Camp
Written by	Joe Camp (screenplay, story) Richard Baker (story)
Produced by	Joe Camp
Starring	Ernest Borgnine George Kennedy Elke Sommer Lisa Whelchel Dion Pride Greg Hodges
Cinematography	Don Reddy
Edited by	Steve R. Moore Leon Seith
Music by	Euel Box
Production company	Mulberry Square Productions
Distributed by	Mulberry Square Releasing American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Best Film & Video Corp.
Release date	June 1, 1979 (1979-06-01)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	more than $3 million[1]

Elke Sommer and NFL stars Ed 'Too Tall' Jones and Lyle Alzado also appear in smaller roles. The film also included a young Vincent Spano as well as Dion Pride (son of country singer Charley Pride). An opening narration is provided by Orson Welles. The cast included Chicago native Michael Gerard, and Dallas area child actors Greg Hodges and Jeff Nicholson.

Film title

At the beginning of the film, the narrator, Orson Welles, informs the audience that a McGuffin is an object that serves as the focal point of a plot and this film has two.[3]

Plot

A group of boarding school students discover, in succession, a suitcase full of money, a dead body, and a dismembered hand. They are unable to convince the local police to take them seriously, because they have not secured any evidence and because the police chief (played by Kennedy) is suspicious of them due to their past misbehavior. They follow the evidence themselves and realize that a political assassination is planned at a school event. They foil the plot themselves.

Cast

• Dion Pride as Specks
• Greg Hodges as Homer Rutledge
• Jeff Nicholson as Billy Ray Dober
• Vincent Spano as Foster Amaway
• Lisa Whelchel as Jody
• Michael Gerard as Arthur Honneycutt
• Elke Sommer as Madame Kura
• Lori Lively as Michelle Carter
• George Kennedy as Chief Arnold Talasek
• Ernest Borgnine as Mr. Firat
• Garvin Edwards as Football Player
• Anne Reilly as Cocktail Waitress
• Rod Browning as Moras
• Ed "Too Tall" Jones as Assassin #1
• Lyle Alzado as Assassin #2
• Mike Davis as Newlywed #1
• Peggy Davis as Newlywed #2
• Kit Lyons as Computer Programmer
• George Bailey as Night Watchman
• Ben Mayo as Taxi Driver
• Cyrus Newitt as Police Officer
• Daniel G. Albright as Policeman At Nightdesk
• Joe Camp as Newsstand Operator
• Don Reddy as Newsstand Customer
• Jeffrey Johnson as Hotel Desk Clerk
• Nanci Newman as Reporter
• Verne Lundquist as Radio Announcer
• Orson Welles as Narrator
• Frank Inn as Himself
• Benjean as Benji

Production

Joe Camp had a huge financial success with the film Benji, which made over $30 million on a budget of $545,000. In 1975 he announced he wanted to make The Double McGuffin as his second feature.[4] The following year he said he would make it after Hawmps! (1976) and For the Love of Benji (1977). Camp called it a "combination of Hitchcock, The Sting and Mission Impossible set in a boarding school."[5]

The film was shot in Charleston in January 1978.[6]

References

External links

• The Double McGuffin at IMDb
• The Double McGuffin at the TCM Movie Database
• The Double McGuffin at Rotten Tomatoes

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