The Double McGuffin

infobox film
director = Joe Camp
writer = Joe Camp
producer = Joe Camp
starring = Lisa Whelchel
Ernest Borgnine
George Kennedy
Dion Pride
Greg Hodges
music = Euel Box
cinematography = Don Reddy
runtime = 101 min.
country = United States
imdb_id = 0079070

The Double McGuffin was a 1979 children's film directed by Joe Camp. It starred Ernest Borgnine and George Kennedy, alongside a group of young actors, some of whom would later become quite famous, including Lisa Whelchel, who would go on to star on the sitcom The Facts of Life. Elke Sommer and NFL stars Ed 'Too Tall' Jones and Lyle Alzado also appear in smaller roles. An opening narration is provided by Orson Welles. The film also included a young Vincent Spano as well as Dallas actors Dion Pride (son of country singer Charley Pride),Greg Hodges and Jeff Nicholson and Chicago native Michael Gerard.

The plot follows a group of boarding school students who discover, in succession, a suitcase full of money, a dead body, and a dismembered hand. They are unable to convince the local police to take them seriously, because they have not secured any evidence, and because the police chief (played by Kennedy) is suspicious of them due to their past misbehavior. They follow the evidence themselves and realize that a political assassination is planned at a school event. They foil the plot themselves.