Saturday, April 25, 2020

ABC Afterschool Specials: The Ransom of Red Chief


ABC Afterschool Special. 25 seasons,  s1e6
Year: 1977
Year in film: 1900s ?
Country: USA
Who in bibs: boys ~8-13 ?, men
Available on DVD: no ?
I own: no
Bib occurrence: low+
Rating:  8/10
Rating: ********
Comment: Three barefooted boys sitting on the ground playing marbles. I found this by coincidence and almost missed it, as I thought, I already had this. Young boy in pic 2 also walking/running rear views. The main character, a handsome blonde boy not in bibs here.

LCA- The Learning Company.

Rating 8-9.

For the 1998 movie starring Haley Joel Osment (not in bibs) see my Western blog. Some other versions still needs to check. I just have

/2014/12/14/the-ransom-of-red-chief-home-movie/

/2011/04/27/o-henrys-full-house/

Update: Also a brief scene running at the beginning, including men. A better, sharper quality but with running stripes on archive.org

https://archive.org/details/ransomofredchief

pic ransom..1977 9/19

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