Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ruth Warrick | ... | Susan Moore | |
Walter Brennan | ... | Murph | |
Dean Jagger | ... | Dr. Steve Webster | |
Charlotte Greenwood | ... | Mathilda | |
Natalie Wood | ... | Jenny Hollingsworth | |
Jerome Cowan | ... | Mayor Snyder | |
H.B. Warner | ... | Rev. J. 'Grandpappy' Hollingsworth | |
Margaret Hamilton | ... | Essie Keenan | |
Hobart Cavanaugh | ... | Judge Beckett | |
Francis Ford | ... | Abner Green | |
Alan Napier | ... | Dr. Nicholas Adams | |
Howland Chamberlain | ... | Hiram Trumbell | |
James Bell | ... | Sheriff Bolton | |
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Teddy Infuhr | ... | Lester Snyder |
James Kirkwood | ... | Rev. MacDougal |
Six-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog, the only survivor of a plane wreck. A tag on the dog's neck states that it is en route to a medical laboratory where its blood will be used for spotted fever vaccine. Dr. Steven Webster meets both Jenny and the dog and "adopts" them both. His fiancée Susan isn't too fond of either the girl or the dog. Webster wants to get a hospital for the town but he is suppressed by the town mayor. In the arguments that follow, Webster's lab is wrecked and ticks infected with spotted fever escape. The town is in a panic and all want to be vaccinated. Jenny is infected and is about to die. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
I must have sat through this film at least twenty times, and cannot say that I was bored on any of them. My girls insisted I record it from them (on VHS) when it was on about 25 years ago, and then proceeded to watch it every Saturday morning for the next 6 months. It may be rather twee nd cute, but even now "daisy's ... they're my favourite flower" still evokes a smile from them and from my wife Predictable, happy ending - but then what else do you want from a children's film? Natalie Wood performs very ably, and the other main characters are highly satisfactory, including the lady who played the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz. Highly recommended for those with small girls, and I wish they would issue it on DVD