Man's Best Friend (1935 film)
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Directed by | Edward Kull |
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Release date | 1935 |
Running time | 62 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Man's Best Friend is a 1935 feature film about the adventures of a boy and his dog Lightning. The film stars Douglas Haig, an American child actor of the 1920s and 1930s; Lightning, a grandson of Strongheart; Frank Brownlee; and Mary McLaren.[1]
Man's Best Friend was the high point of Douglas Haig's career as a film actor. In 1986, TV Guide described the film as a "simple, unpretentious story of a little mountain boy and his pet police dog".[2]
Man's Best Friend has been released on DVD, together with The Secret Code.
Plot[]
A boy (Haig) and his dog Lightning contend with the boy's abusive father.
References[]
- ^ American Film Institute (1993). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1931-1940. University of California Press. pp. 429–430. ISBN 0-520-07908-6.
- ^ TV guide. Vol. 34. Triangle Publications. 1986.
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Categories:
- English-language films
- 1935 films
- 1935 adventure films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Films about dogs
- Fictional dogs
- American adventure films
- Adventure film stubs