''Kenny & Company'' is a 1976 American

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directed by

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. It stars

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and

Reggie Bannister Reginald Horace "Reggie" Bannister (born September 29, 1945) is an American musician, actor, producer, writer, and activist. He is known for his role as Reggie in the ''Phantasm'' film series. Biography Bannister is known for playing the gun- ...

, who would both later star in Coscarelli’s '' Phantasm''.

Plot summary

The film covers the four days before Halloween as Kenny and his best friend Doug (both 12 years old) and awkward 11-year-old Sherman prepare for the holiday. They spend time playing

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and

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ing. The three boys must deal with a local

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, and Kenny gets his first crush on a girl. Kenny's beloved but elderly dog dies. The boys debut their costumes on Halloween, set off

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s as pranks, attend a neighbor's

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, and go

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. The night culminates as they try to play a trick on an old woman who lives in a spooky, run-down house.

Cast

* Dan McCann as Kenny *

as Doug * Jeff Roth as Sherman * Ralph Richmond as Big Doug *

as Donovan * Clay Foster as Mr. Brink

References

External links

* 1976 films 1976 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films 20th Century Fox films American films about Halloween Films directed by Don Coscarelli Films set in California 1976 comedy films 1976 drama films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films Films about children {{comedy-drama-film-stub