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June 1978 (USA)
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Half hero, half con-artist, all heart!
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A hammy but okay adaptation of Fitzgerald's novel
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(Credited cast) | Jimmy Osmond | ... | Tom Fitzgerald |
| Pat Delaney | ||
| Fran Ryan | ||
 | Cliff Osmond | ||
 | Arthur Roberts | ||
| Lynn Benisch | ||
| Len Birman | ||
| James Jarnigan | ||
| John Fredric Hart | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | John Bishop | ... | Alan Jensen |
| Willy Cardin | ... | Sweyn Fitzgerald |
| Alan Christensen | ... | Frank Jensen |
| John F. Hart | ||
| Danny Thompson | ... | Crippled boy |
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This isn't a great movie, by any stretch. The acting is hammy, and a very young Jimmy Osmond is frankly, too chubby to play The Great Brain. But if you like the John D. Fitzgerald novels, you'll find the film a treat. I'm glad it's out and that I taped it in the early 1980s. I'm not sure it's for sale on video. It's a definite G and post-toddler kids will like it. However, those adults unfamiliar with the Great Brain character will be turning off the channel or VCR pretty quickly. On the plus side, the sets of early, rural Utah are pretty well done and the cast, if inexperienced, is at least earnest.