Main Cast: Walter Brennan, Phil Harris, Brandon de Wilde, Sidney Poitier, William Hopper
Release Year: 1956
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
The focus of this heartfelt family film is Skeeter (Brandon de Wilde), a 14-year-old orphan who lives with his aged Uncle Jesse (Walter Brennan) in the swamps of the deep South. Their lives are brightened by a stray dog that Skeeter discovers and takes in. He makes the basenji his own, but eventually finds out that the dog is missing and its owner has posted a reward for its return. ~ Nicole Gagne, All Movie Guide
Donald A. Peters - Art Director, Carl Walker - Costume Designer, William Wellman - Director, Fred MacDowell - Editor, Laurindo Almeida - Composer (Music Score), George Field - Composer (Music Score), Don Powell - Songwriter, Moris Erby - Songwriter, William H. Clothier - Cinematographer, John Wayne - Producer, A.S. Fleischman - Screenwriter, Sid Fleischman - Screenwriter, James Street - Book Author
