This movie was probably never considered anything more than another silly mid-70s Disney slapstick comedy, but it is pretty fun and funny. I love Dean Jones in films like THE LOVE BUG and THE UGLY DACHSHUND, and he is great here as well as the adult Wilby Daniels, who has grown into an happily married husband and father, as well as an idealist lawyer.
After he becomes fed up with the rash of organized crime in his town, Daniels is persuaded to run for district attorney, against the corrupt John Slade. I really like Keenan Wynn as an actor too, but in this he seemed more sinister than funny, and was more fun in HERBIE RIDES AGAIN and THE GREAT RACE. Still, he makes for a great villain, evil and calculating.
Tim Conway, Suzanne Pleshette, Ronnie Schell (sp?), Dick Van Patten, Hans Conried and Joanne Worley add to a film that is a bit more lighthearted than the prequel of 1959.
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