The Beniker Gang

{{Short description|1984 film by Ken Kwapis}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Beniker Gang | image = The Beniker Gang poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Ken Kwapis]] | screenplay = Jeffrey Kindley | based_on = {{Based on|''Dear Lola''|Judie Angell}} | producer = Doro Bachrach | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[Andrew McCarthy]] * [[Jennifer Dundas]] * Charles Fields * Jeff Alan-Lee * [[Danny Pintauro]] }} | cinematography = Curtis Clark | editing = Stan Warnow | music = Richard Lyon | studio = [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic Productions]] | distributor = [[Lorimar Television|Lorimar Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1984|11|02}} | runtime = 87 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Beniker Gang''''' is a 1984 American [[drama (film and television)|drama film]] written by Jeffrey Kindley and directed by [[Ken Kwapis]] (in his [[List of directorial debuts|feature film directorial debut]]). The film stars [[Andrew McCarthy]] as Arthur Beniker, [[Jennifer Dundas]] as Cassie Beniker, Charles Fields as Edmund Beniker, and [[Danny Pintauro]] as Ben Beniker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/the-beniker-gang/ |title=The Beniker Gang (1985) directed by Ken Kwapis â€˘ Film + cast • Letterboxd |publisher=Letterboxd.com |date= |accessdate=2018-06-17}}</ref>

==Plot== Five orphans run away from an orphanage in hopes of becoming a family together.

==Cast== * [[Andrew McCarthy]] as Arthur Beniker * [[Jennifer Dundas]] as Cassie Beniker * Charles Fields as Edmund Beniker * Jeff Alan-Lee as James Beniker * [[Danny Pintauro]] as Ben Beniker * George Martin as Judge Pink * [[Will Patton]] as Forest Ranger * [[J. T. Walsh]] as Principal Stoddard * Mary Hamill as Edith Stamwick * [[William Duell]] as Postmaster Greaves * [[Anthony Heald]] as Mr. Uldrich * Richmond Hoxie as Attorney * [[Peter McRobbie]] as Mr. Millhauser * [[Paddy Croft]] as Mrs. O'Malley * Joyce Reehling as Miss Nickerson * [[Martha Byrne]] as Molly Stamwick * [[Stacey Glick]] as Orie Stamwick * [[Bill Smitrovich]] as Laundry Truck Driver

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0088787}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|beniker_gang}}

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