- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1984-11-02
- Director: Ken Kwapis
- Writers: Judie Angell , Jeffrey Kindley
- Language: English
- Stars: Andrew McCarthy , Jennifer Dundas , Charles Fields , Jeff Alan-Lee , Danny Pintauro , George Martin , Will Patton , J.T. Walsh , Mary Hamill , William Duell
- Runtime: 87 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Dear Lola (United States of America) , Dear Lola, or How to Start Your Own Family , Querida Lola (Spain) , Beniker Gang: Os Fugitivos (Brazil) , The Beniker Gang (United Kingdom) , The Beniker Gang , O Gang de Beniker (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Beniker Gang (United States of America)
- Plot: Five orphans in an orphanage don't want the authorities to break up the family they made of each other: Arthur, the eldest, who writes the advice column Dear Lola; Ben who eats paper; introvert James ; Cassie, the only girl; and Edmond. They run away from the orphanage to stay a family, but it won't be so easy.
- IMDB:tt0088787
The Beniker Gang Cast · · · ALL
Ken Kwapis
Director
Andrew McCarthy
Arthur Beniker
Jennifer Dundas
Cassie Beniker
Charles Fields
Edmund Beniker
Jeff Alan-Lee
James Beniker
Danny Pintauro
Ben Beniker
George Martin
Judge Pink
Will Patton
Forest Ranger
J.T. Walsh
Principal Stoddard
Mary Hamill
Edith Stamwick
William Duell
Postmaster Greaves
Anthony Heald
Mr. Uldrich
Richmond Hoxie
Attorney
Peter McRobbie
Mr. Millhauser
Paddy Croft
Mrs. O'Malley
Joyce Reehling
Miss Nickerson
Martha Byrne
Molly Stamwick
Stacey Glick
Orie Stamwick
Bill Smitrovich
Laundry Truck Driver
Frederick Ainsworth
Mr. Schramm
Luca Venantini
Fighting Boy
Anna Bond
Newscaster
Thomas Massengale
Driver of Pursuing Car (uncredited)