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Menace on the Mountain [VHS]

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Farmer McIver (Charles Aidman) has gone to join the American Civil War as a Confederate soldier, and left his young son Jamie in charge of their remote wooded hilltop farm. That includes his mother (Patricia Crowley) his brother, and his sister SueEllen (Jodie Foster). He earns a bounty to pay farm taxes by capturing a mountain lion, but then the local adult bully is after him since he wanted the prize himself. Then the bully takes an unhealthy interest in his mother even though there is not word that his father has died. Jamie is forced to chase the man out of their home by gunpoint to save his mother. Making matters worse, an unruly group of deserter soldiers begin marauding the local farms, and make their way to the McIver place, displacing the family. Jamie is determined to fight back but his family is afraid for him. But will Jamie's dad return in time to retake their land? The story deals with some very serious issues. You understand very quickly that Jamies mother's may be asaulted by some very bad men if he doesn't intervene, and yet he is so young to have this huge burden. It is a real story of bravery in harsh conditions, very well done and suspenseful.

BEHIND THE SCENES & TRIVIA: Directed by Vincent McVeety, For a very young Jodie Foster, this was her first of 5 projects for Disney over the years. This story was originally filmed as 2 episodes for "The Wonderful World of Disney" television show, airing March 1 and 8, 1970. It was re-edited into a continuous movie, and released to the overseas theater audience in 1972.

This is a great Family Disney Film. About a boy who saves his family from a group of Civil War renegades who are trying to take over the family farm. While the father of the family is lost in action. Stars a young Jodie Foster in her film debut. Great Classic Disney Movie.

This is a great Disney Family movie about a boy who becomes the head of a household when the father goes off to war.A then relatively unknown Jodie Foster also has an acting role which makes this movie well worth watching!!Hopefully,someday it will be released on DVD!!

This is one of my all time favorites. I loved it when I was growing up and I still do now that I am an adult. I would love for this to be on DVD I would order it instantly.

Fourteen-year-old Jame McIver (Mitch Vogel) becomes the man of the family when his father Jed (Charles Aldman) must fight as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. In the final days of the conflict, a gang of army deserters begins plundering the countryside and takes over the McIver's mountaintop farmhouse as their hideout. When Jed returns from the war, he and Jamie find themselves fighting a war of their own in a desperate attempt to rout the band of thieves and regain possession of their property.

MENACE ON THE MOUNTAIN is an exciting family drama, powerfully presented, with plenty of action and suspense.

this is a great disney family movie.14 year Jamie Mciver must become a man while his father is away during the american civil war.a group of deserter soldiers begin destroying the local farms and make their way to the Mciver homestead displacing the family.Jamie finds himselfhaving to make some serious decisions quickly.fortuna group of yankee soldiers arrive to fight and overcome the desertersand the family is saved a very young Jodie Foster appears in this film.