- Man's Best Friend (1935 film)
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Man's Best Friend Directed by Edward Kull Starring - Douglas Haig
- Lightning
- Frank Brownlee
- Mary McLaren
Release date(s) 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 1920's and 30's; 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 0520079086. http://books.google.com/books?id=e024jm9X7gQC.
- ^ TV guide. 34. Triangle Publications. 1986. http://books.google.com/books?id=tOY4AAAAIAAJ.
External links
- Man's Best Friend at the Internet Movie Database
- Man's Best Friend at AllRovi
Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1935 films
- 1930s adventure films
- Black-and-white films
- Films about dogs
- Fictional dogs
- Action film stubs
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