High doom
Set during the turbulent era of the American Civil War and featuring a very young Jodie Foster, Menace on the Mountain is an exciting family drama, powerfully presented with plenty of action and suspense. See more

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Fourteen-year-old Jamie McIver (Mitch Vogel) becomes the man of the family when his father Jed (Charles Aidman) must fight as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. In the final days of the conflict, a gang of army deserters begins plundering the countryside and takes over the McIvers'' mountaintop farmhouse for their hideout. When Jed returns from the war, he and Jamie find themselves fighting a war of their own in a desperate attempt to rout the band of thieves and regain possession of their property. Also featuring Disney favorites Jodie Foster and Eric Shea. Part of the rich legacy of TV''s The Wonderful World of Disney