Escape to Witch Mountain
Caught in a world where they don't belong... they have one chance to escape!
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.
- 6.4
- 1975
- Released
- 1h 37m
Eddie Albert
Jason O'Day
Ray Milland
Aristotle Bolt
Donald Pleasence
Lucas Deranian
Kim Richards
Tia Malone
Ike Eisenmann
Tony Malone
Walter Barnes
Sheriff Purdy
Reta Shaw
Mrs. Grindley
Denver Pyle
Uncle Bene
Alfred Ryder
Astrologer
Lawrence Montaigne
Ubermann
Terry Wilson
Biff Jenkins
George Chandler
Grocer
Shepherd Sanders
Guru
Don Brodie
Gasoline Attendant
Kyle Richards
Young Tia (uncredited)
Released
en
$20,000,000.00
- #flying car
- #helicopter
- #attempt to escape
- #car crash
- #telekinesis
- #based on children's book
- #mysterious
- #orphan siblings
- #exuberant
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I'd have to admit I was never the greatest fan of these Disney films from the 1970s at the time. They were always just a bit too goody-goody for me. This one, however, pitches two of the best actors ever to play baddies - Ray Milland and Donald Pleasence together in a fun little sci-fi adventure. Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann are two young kids with mysterious superpowers being chased by a nasty
The 2009 remake does a better job at bringing its story to life, but 1975's <em>'Escape to Witch Mountain'</em> is still a good film. The cast are all fine in their respective roles, even if none of them particularly standout. Eddie Albert (Jason), Kim Richards (Tia) and Ike Eisenmann (Tony) are satisfactory, as is Donald Pleasence as Deranian. With that said, I think Pleasence should've been t