Hoboken Chicken Emergency

• Director: Peter Baldwin
• Genre: Children's/Family
• Movie Type: Family-Oriented Adventure, Children's Fantasy
• Themes: Inventors
• Release Year: 1984
• Run Time: 55 minutes

Plot

The emergency of the title is caused by a hen named Henrietta. The problem: she weighs 266 pounds! When the father of Henrietta's young owner (A Christmas Story's Peter Billingsley) makes plans to sell Henrietta, she goes berserk, wreaking Disney-like havoc on downtown Hoboken. Mayor Dick Van Patten goes to desperate lengths to solve the problem, even unto hiring a professional "chicken catcher" (Gabe Kaplan). Arlene Golonka co-stars in this 55-minute family comedy, originally telecast November 19, 1984 on the PBS series Wonderworks. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Peter Billingsley; Arlene Golonka; Gabe Kaplan; Dick Van Patten

Credit

Peter Baldwin - Director