A Dog's Best Friend
It Will Warm Your Heart!...Chill It With Suspense
1959 · 1h 10m · Approved Drama, Western
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A Dog's Best Friend
Overview
A young orphan rejects his foster parents and instead turns to a German shepherd whose master was recently murdered. Stumbling on some evidence, the boy is rescued from the killer by his dog.
Director and cast
- Roger Mobley as Pip Wheeler
- Jimmy Baird as Jimmy Thurman
- Terry Ann Ross as Amy Thurman
- Bill Williams as Wesley 'Wes' Thurman
- Marcia Henderson as Millie Thurman
- Roy Engel as Sheriff Dan Murdock
- Charles Cooper as Deputy Sheriff Bill Beamer
- Harry Dean Stanton as Roy Janney
- George Eldredge as Dr. Lannon (uncredited)
- Herman Hack as Minor Role (uncredited)
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