Mountain Family Robinson

1979 American film

November 21, 1979 (1979-11-21)

Running time

100 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office$4.8 million^[1]

Mountain Family Robinson is a 1979 family movie that stars Robert Logan, Susan Damante-Shaw and George Buck Flower. This film is a sequel to The Adventures of the Wilderness Family and The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family and, like its predecessors, was filmed in the states of Colorado and Utah.

Plot

In the third and final film, the Robinsons celebrate the arrival of spring after surviving a fierce winter. Soon their happiness is quickly dashed, as a Forest Service ranger informs them they must prove their mountain home is located on a legitimate mining claim which is on government land or they must move out. Also, Pat finds out that her mother is ill and decides to go back to Los Angeles. Will the Robinsons lose their mountain home? Will Pat come back from the city?

Main cast

Robert Logan as Skip Robinson
Susan Damante-Shaw as Pat Robinson
Heather Rattray as Jenny Robinson
Ham Larsen as Toby Robinson
George Buck Flower as Boomer
William Bryant as Forest Ranger

Production

Parts of the film were shot in Colorado as well as the Uinta National Forest in Utah.^[2]

DVD details

Release date: January 1, 2003
Full Screen
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio tracks: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Running time: 100 minutes

References

^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 293. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. p. 292. ISBN 9781423605874.