Leave It to Beaver
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Leave It to Beaver

The Beav is back!

5.4 / 10 1997 1h 24mPG English
ComedyFamily

Storyline

The Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio – wise father Ward, loving mother June, teenage son Wally, and 8-year-old Theodore, better known as 'Beaver'. Beaver hopes to get a bike as a gift from his father and to please him tries out for his school football team and he makes it, only to be embarrassed. The bike he gets is quickly stolen. Meanwhile, Wally is trying to help his friend Eddie Haskell to get the heart of pretty classmate Karen, but Karen seems to like Wally more, and that leads to tensions between the friends.

Cast & Crew

Christopher McDonald

Christopher McDonald

Ward Cleaver

Lead
Janine Turner

Janine Turner

June Cleaver

Cameron Finley

Cameron Finley

Beaver Cleaver

Erik von Detten

Erik von Detten

Wally Cleaver

Adam Zolotin

Adam Zolotin

Eddie Haskell Jr.

Alan Rachins

Alan Rachins

Fred Rutherford

Grace Phillips

Grace Phillips

Miss Landers

Geoff Pierson

Geoff Pierson

Coach Gordon

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andy Cadiff's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Leave It to Beaver is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker