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The North Avenue Irregulars | 
 enlarge | Director: Bruce Bilson (ii)
Actors: Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris, Susan Clark, Karen Valentine, Michael Constantine
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 6895
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Dolby, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 100
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD33663D
UPC: 786936234329
EAN: 0786936234329
ASIN: B0001I55QK
Theatrical Release Date: February 9, 1979
Release Date: July 6, 2004
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Product Description
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 07/06/2004
Amazon.com
Typical of Disney's 1970s output, this squeaky-clean comic adventure about a group of church volunteers and soccer moms who take on local gangsters is packed with slapstick humor, sight gags, and nonlethal car crashes. Curiously enough, it's based on the true story of Reverend Albert Fay Hill, who wrote a book about his efforts to stop mob-run gambling in his city. Edward Herrmann plays the fictionalized Presbyterian minister Mike Hill, a soft-spoken widower with two kids who ruffles the feathers of the dedicated church secretary (Susan Clark) when he organizes a group of women to help the Treasury Department catch the bookies in the act. The mobsters are more Damon Runyon than John Gotti: no one gets hurt and everything ends in a demolition derby free-for-all as the suburban-lady volunteers play bumper cars with the mobsters. There's a potentially fascinating story in there that Disney keeps a G-rated cap on (though seeing Karen Valentine swingin' her booty under the cover of pounds of makeup and a little halter top is a surprise in a family film), but it's a harmless little comedy enlivened by plucky performances by Barbara Harris and Cloris Leachman and a fun turn by Ruth Buzzie as a church elder with a CB-radio handle. --Sean Axmaker
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 Entertaining October 18, 2008
This dvd is a nice clean comedy and very entertaining for all us older people.
Still Funny September 30, 2008
Loved this movie when I was younger and still love it today!
Cloris Leachman is hysterical.
A Family Favorite February 10, 2008
Did you miss this fun Disney movie? Fun mad-cap video about a group of 'church ladies' who take on the mob.
The North Avenue Irregulars November 15, 2007
Excellent- feel like you know the characters, because they act like people you know!!
Good family movie
"North Ave Irregulars" is Good Family Fun! October 25, 2007
I remember this movie when it came out in the theatre, back in the late 70's. It reminds me of the CB radio fad that was very big at that time. Plus , you've got plenty of good haracter acors in this, including Cloris Leachman and Karen Valentine. It's nice to see this one available again. Now, if Disny would only release "The Child of Glass" onto DVD, it would be very nice, seeing as how it's one of the movies I remember from "Wonderful World of Disney"from around the same time period.
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