Heart of a Child
Genres
Overview
A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
76 min
Release Date
1958-04-30
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
6.5
Jean Anderson
Maria
Donald Pleasence
Spiel
Maureen Pryor
Frau Spiel
Norman MacOwan
Heiss
John Glyn-Jones
Priest
Willoughby Goddard
Stott
Andrew Keir
Constable
John Boxer
Breuer
Carla Challoner
Elsa
Raymond Adamson
Hans Heiss
Charles Gray
Fritz Heiss
Philip Locke
1st Soldier
Lee Montague
2nd Soldier
Tina Robinson Hansen
Marta
John Liddell
Otto
Polly Clarke
Lilli
Marian Berry-Hart
Maid
Richard Williams
Karl
7.8
The Wolf Dog
The story of a boy, a dog, and a man. The boy discovers he is heir to a shipping line, and travels to Los Angeles, accompanied by inventor/radio operator Bob Whitlock and Irene Blaine. Their journey is aided by Pal, a wolf dog.
1933-09-29 | en
6.2
Benji
Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops by. His particular favorites are a pair of children who feed and play with him against the wishes of their parents. When the children are kidnapped, however, the parents and the police are at a loss to find them. Only Benji can track them down, but will he be in time? If he can save the day, he may just find the permanent home he's been longing for.
1974-10-17 | en
0.0
Fangs of Destiny
Dynamite -- Universal's answer to Warner Bros.' canine star Rin Tin Tin -- and his owner Jerry Matthews (Edmund Cobb) come to the aid of a beleaguered rancher in this typical low-budget "doggie melodrama" set in the West.
1927-12-04 | en
6.3
Klondike Fever
This movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1898.
1980-01-12 | en
6.5
Wolf Dog
A paroled convict tries to start life anew by moving with his family to a ranch, where his young son finds a puppy that is half wolf and half dog.
1958-07-01 | en
5.0
The Wolf Hunters
A Canadian Mountie follows a fugitive to a small fur-trapping community. Most of the action is handled by Chinook, a handsome German Shepherd.
1949-10-29 | en
5.0
Where the North Begins
A German Shepherd puppy is "adopted" by a wolf pack in the snowy and frozen Great North and raised by them as one of their own. A few years later he comes upon a fur trapper and saves the man from certain death, and begins to feel a kinship with him that is stronger than the one he has with his adopted pack.
1923-07-01 | en
0.0
Tracked in the Snow Country
When Rin-Tin-Tin's master is found murdered, Rinty is accused of the crime.
1925-07-13 | en
3.0
While London Sleeps
Rinty is a police-dog assigned to a young Scotland Yard police-officer who covers the Limehouse district of London.
1926-11-27 | en
2.0
Hills of Kentucky
Adapted from Dorothy Yost's story, "The Untamed Heart"
1927-02-26 | en
8.0
Jaws of Steel
Our doggy hero is abandoned in the desert while in pup-hood. Upon reaching maturity, Tin Tin has undeservedly earned the reputation as a killer canine. Thus, the human characters spend most of their time hunting down the dog in hopes of collecting a huge bounty.
1927-09-10 | en
0.0
Man's Best Friend
Jed and his dog Lightning contend with the boy's abusive father.
1935-01-20 | en
6.0
My Dog Shep
An orphan boy on his way to live with his uncle picks up a stray dog, and the two become fast friends. However, the uncle doesn't want the dog, and when chickens are found dead, the uncle accuses the dog of killing them. The boy decides that it's time he and the dog hit the road so they run away, and meet up with an elderly man who also ran away from a home where he believed he wasn't wanted either.
1946-11-01 | en
5.7
Courage of Lassie
Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie. An accident separates him from her, and he's drafted into K-9 duty in the trenches until battle fatigue takes its toll and he turns vicious. And even though he finds his way back home, he may be condemned as a killer.
1946-11-08 | en
5.0
When Lightning Strikes
Lightning the German Shepherd dog stars in this wilderness melodrama.
1934-12-18 | en
0.0
Kazan
Based on the novel by James Oliver Curwood about Kazan, the wolfdog.
1949-07-13 | en
5.9
The Young and the Brave
A drama of the Korean War. Four American Army POWs escape behind enemy lines and try to make their way back to their units in the South. Along the way they are aided by a young Korean boy and his adopted dog, a US trained German Shepherd named Lobo.
1963-08-01 | en
0.0
Baree, Son of Kazan
From James Oliver Curwood's novel about a wolfdog.
1918-05-27 | en
0.0
Brawn of the North
Brawn, played by Strongheart, rescues a young woman from a snowstorm and a human killer.
1922-11-12 | en
0.0
Breed of Courage
During a feud between remote families, a dog saves the day.
1927-08-06 | en