Dennis the Menace
Charles Barton, William D. Russell, Don Taylor, Jeffrey Hayden, 1959-1963
Dennis the Menace
Hank Ketcham, 1951
Dennis the Menace is a TV series directed by Charles Barton, William D. Russell, Don Taylor and Jeffrey Hayden in 1959 and based on the characters from the comic book of the same name by Hank Ketcham, first published in 1951. The TV series features Herbert Anderson, Jay North, Gloria Henry, Billy Booth, Joseph Kearns, Sylvia Field, and others.
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Storyline
The series follows the lives of the Mitchell family – Henry, Alice, and their only child, Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but well-meaning boy, who often tangles first with his peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor, George Wilson, a retired salesman, and later with George’s brother John, a writer.
Movie vs Book
Year
1959
Minutes
30
Movie Rate
7.10
Source: IMDb
TV Series
Dennis the Menace
Director: Charles Barton, William D. Russell, Don Taylor, Jeffrey Hayden
Country: USA
Year: 1959-1963
Length: 30m / 146 episodes
Year
1951
Pages
624
Book Rate
8.10
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Comic Book
Dennis the Menace
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
Movie by Nick Castle
Movie by Charles T. Kanganis
Movie by Ron Oliver
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“When you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.”
JOSH HUTCHERSON (Actor)
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