Michael O'Hara the Fourth

I first saw this movie in 1972 when it aired on two parts on the Wonderful World of Disney, Sunday night, 7:00 pm. I immediately fell in love with JoAnn Harris (I was fourteen)and have never forgotten the movie. In the early 80's I, like the other reviewer, found it on the Disney channel and taped it onto VHS. Unfortunately I then forgot all about it and the tape vanished somewhere over the years. I think this movie represents what made Disney so great back then (my adolescent crush on Ms. Harris aside). It was well done, fun family entertainment. It had humor and a good story and wholesome characters that kids could hopefully relate to. It was something the whole family could watch together without anyone cringing over something on screen. How many television shows can claim that today. I've always remembered this movie along with several others, "Inky the Crow" was one, and the series of Kurt Russell as Dexter Riley movies from the same time period. I miss this kind of entertainment.

Our family recorded this movie from Disney in 1983 on beta and it has always been a family favorite of our 3 daughters (now married) we copied it onto VHS and now DVD. We wish we could obtain a better copy. This is such a great family movie, we wish they had made it an ongoing series.

We hope other families have similar experiences with this movie, if so we'd love to hear from them.

We especially like the interplay between "Mike" and Norman. He seems like such a dork but we think there is more beneath the surface that might have surfaced if the movie had worked into a series.

We love the scene in the drug store where Mike and Norman are trying to find evidence in the safe.