Man's Best Friend (1935 film)

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Man's Best Friend
Directed by Edward Kull
Starring
Release date
  • 1935 (1935)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

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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

  1. 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.
  2. TV guide. Vol. 34. Triangle Publications. 1986.