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Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase (1981) (TV)
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Art Wallace (writer)
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12 July 1981 (USA)
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Jack Albertson plays Charlie Bartlett, a retired railroad worker whose dream of crossing the country...
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Thought It Was a Wonka Sequel
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Albertson | ... | Charlie Bartlett |
| Adrienne Barbeau | ... | Susan O'Neill |
| John Reilly | ... | Wes Cummings |
| Slim Pickens | ... | Ben Khlover |
| William Bogert | ... | Alfred Lawson |
| Pat Cooper | ... | Uncle Mike |
| Bert Freed | ... | Carlo |
| Anne Seymour | ... | Mrs. Lawson |
 | William Sadler | ... | Joey |
| Moosie Drier | ... | Morris O'Neill |
 | Laurence Haddon | ... | Sam Spade |
| Jack Knight | ... | Police Sergeant |
| Morgan Farley | ... | Fraiser (as Morgan Farlay) |
| Robert Lussier | ... | Clerk |
| Stack Pierce | ... | Lucas |
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Charlie's Balloon
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98 min
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Filmed in 1978 but not broadcast until 1981.
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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
I remember this thing airing. Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase.
With Jack Albertson, who had played Grandpa Joe to Charlie Bucket in Willie Wonka.
And clearly I spied the young Moosie Drier and thought he was Peter Ostrum, returning to the character with his old co-star, reuniting the beloved Charlie Bucket and his Grandpa Joe once more.
Yet upon constantly hearing that Peter Ostrum did no other movies than the original (and best) Willie Wonka in '71, I decided to check under Albertson's name and see who was in Charlie and the Balloon Chase.
I stand corrected.
I wonder if Ostrum was wanted, or if it was simply hoped that Drier would pass as an Ostrum wanna-be.
In seven years, I guess Ostrum would have been too old to be the boyish grandson anymore.
Ah well.