

Also in the cast is George Lindsay as Goober, Jim Nabors as Gomer, Aneta Corsaut as Helen, Betty Lynn as Thelma Lou, and Howard Morris as Ernest T.

Actually, he's the victim of a cruel hoax, compelling Andy once more to come to Barn's rescue. Barney thinks he's found an excellent publicity ploy when he discovers what seems to be a bigfoot-style monster roaming around the Carolina hills. Andy's onetime deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts) is running for the sheriff's post, so Andy decides to stick around to help out. The plot finds former sheriff Andy Taylor (Griffith, of course), returning to Mayberry, North Carolina to visit his grown son Opie (Ron Howard, taking a break from his busy directorial career), who is now an expectant father. Eleven of the original cast members of the classic Andy Griffith Show were reunited in this marvelous blast from the past. Inspired by the success of previous TV sitcom "reunion" films, Return to Mayberry debuted on April 13, 1986.
