An escaped convict (Jim Varney) seeks sanctuary in a youngster's high-tech, treetop playhouse and is taken captive by the boy (Joey Zimmerman) and his friends (Todd Bosley, Kristopher Kachurak). Beth: Debby Boone. Rick: Mark Moses. Principal Ott: Richard Kline. Nick: Jack McGee. Scalise: Christopher Doyle. Janie: Aria Noelle Curzon.