The Son of Rusty
1947 film by Lew Landers
- August 7, 1947 (1947-08-07)
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The Son of Rusty is a 1947 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and starring Ted Donaldson, Stephen Dunne and Ann Doran. It was part of Columbia Pictures' eight-film Rusty series about a boy and his valiant German Shepherd.[1]
Plot
Danny Mitchell and friends, Squeaky Foley, Gerald Hebble, Nip and Tuck Worden hang out in their clubhouse, listening to the radio serial "Fang, the Detective Dog" while they collect enough Vitabark box tops to send off for a book How to Train Your Dog to Be a Detective so they can train Danny's German Shepherd, Rusty. The clubhouse is on private property belonging to retired lawyer Franklyn B. Gibson, who instead of running the boys off, uses it as an opportunity to teach a lesson in responsibility.
When a mysterious young man Jed Barlow and his German Shepherd Barb move to Lawtonville, rumors soon spread that Jed is a former "jailbird" based on a letter addressed to him from a U.S. Army Military Prison. Barlow is surly and uncommunicative, but Danny befriends him when Rusty becomes friends with Barb.
Barlow is sharecropping the old, dilapidated, empty Gruber farm and is arrested when the townspeople accuse him of deliberately injuring Rusty while dynamiting a tree stump. Danny, refusing to believe Barlow would deliberately harm Rusty, convinces Mr. Gibson to defend Barlow. During the trial Barlow testifies that he is a veteran spurned by his girl friend and has become embittered at the world as a result.
Mr. Gibson uses Barlow's testimony to argue that society is too often quick to judge people on outward appearances. Jed Barlow's main accuser Gerald Hebble's older brother Luther is charged with slander and the two German Shepherds, Rusty & Barb, become real good friends, hence the movie's title.
Cast
Source for uncredited:[1]
- Ted Donaldson as Danny Mitchell
- Stephen Dunne as Jed Barlow
- Tom Powers as Hugh Mitchell
- Ann Doran as Ethel Mitchell
- Thurston Hall as Franklyn B. Gibson
- Matt Willis as Luther Hebble
- Rudy Robles as Gono
- Rusty as Rusty
- Ted Infuhr as Squeaky Foley (uncredited)
- Dwayne Hickman as Nip Worden (uncredited)
- David Ackles as Tuck Worden (uncredited)
- Harlan Briggs as Dr. McNamara (uncredited)
- Griff Barnett as Judge (uncredited)
- Edythe Elliott as Mrs. Hebble (uncredited)
- Ernie Adams as Postmaster (uncredited)
- Kenneth MacDonald as Police chief (uncredited)
- Fred Sears as E. A. Thompson (uncredited)
- Norman Ollestad as Sammy (uncredited)
- Chester Conklin as Bakery clerk (uncredited)
- Dick Elliott as Mayor (uncredited)
- Minta Durfee as Townswoman (uncredited)
- Blackie Whiteford as Gossiper (uncredited)
References
- ^ a b Blottner, Gene (2011). Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland & Company. p. 282. ISBN 978-0786433537.
External links
- The Son of Rusty at IMDb
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Films directed by Lew Landers
- The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
- The Red Rider (1934)
- Tailspin Tommy (1934)
- Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
- The Call of the Savage (1935)
- The Raven (1935)
- Stormy (1935)
- Parole! (1936)
- Night Waitress (1936)
- You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
- Border Cafe (1937)
- Danger Patrol (1937)
- Flight from Glory (1937)
- The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
- They Wanted to Marry (1937)
- Crashing Hollywood (1938)
- Condemned Women (1938)
- Law of the Underworld (1938)
- Blind Alibi (1938)
- Smashing the Rackets (1938)
- Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
- Double Danger (1938)
- Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
- Bad Lands (1939)
- Fixer Dugan (1939)
- The Girl and the Gambler (1939)
- Conspiracy (1939)
- Enemy Agent (1940)
- Honeymoon Deferred (1940)
- Ski Patrol (1940)
- La Conga Nights (1940)
- Wagons Westward (1940)
- Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940)
- Girl from Havana (1940)
- Slightly Tempted (1940)
- Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
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- Mystery Ship (1941)
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- Canal Zone (1942)
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- Junior Army (1942)
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- The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
- Sabotage Squad (1942)
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- Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
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