Amazing Stories The Pumpkin Competition (Season 2, Episode 10)
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TV Episode | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

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Amazing Stories

The Pumpkin Competition (Season 2, Episode 10)

TV Episode | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Rich, stingy and miserly Elma Dinnock is livid at losing the Yarborough Country pumpkin-growing contest 22 years in a row, and so gets help from a mysterious botanist for the next competition. Will she finally triumph?

Director

Norman Reynolds

Writers

Steven Spielberg (created by) (developed by) | Joshua Brand (developed by) | John Falsey (developed by) | Peter Z. Orton (written by)

Composer

John Addison

Cinematographer

John McPherson

Editor

Wendy Greene Bricmont

Casting Director

Johanna Ray

Production Designer

Rick Carter

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 1, 1986

Release date

Dec 1, 1986 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 5 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
7 cast members

Name	Known for
Polly Holliday Elma Dinnock Elma Dinnock See fewer	Gremlins (1984)
June Lockhart Mildred Mildred See fewer	Lost in Space (1965)
J.A. Preston Prof. Bertram Carver Prof. Bertram Carver See fewer	A Few Good Men (1992)
Ritch Brinkley Mayor Chestor A. Barnsworth Mayor Chestor A. Barnsworth See fewer	Breakdown (I) (1997)
Britt Leach Ernie Ernie See fewer	The Great Outdoors (1988)
Ann Walker Ma Ma See fewer	Jagged Edge (1985)
Joshua Rudoy Billy Billy See fewer	Harry and the Hendersons (1987)