Directed by:
Lew LandersScreenplay:
Brenda WeisbergCast:
Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Ann Doran, Mona Barrie, Dwayne Hickman, Minta Durfee, Harry Harvey, Jimmy Lloyd, Ferris Taylor, Jessie Arnold, William Bailey, James Conaty, Frank O'Connor, Fred Aldrich (more)Plots(1)
Another entry in Columbia's bucolic "Rusty" series, My Dog Rusty again pairs apple-cheeked Ted Donaldson with Flame the Dog. This time around, Hugh Mitchell (John Litel), father of mischievous Danny Mitchell (Donaldson) is running for mayor. Thanks to Danny's propensity for lying, the elder Mitchell is disgraced in the eyes of the community. Somehow, Danny's faithful hound Rusty (Flame) not only cinches the election for Mitchell, but also helps him to understand the underlying psychological reasons for his son's prevarications. Columbia contact actress Ann Doran does her usual fine job as Mrs. Mitchell, while Whitford Kane, former member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater, delivers an effective performance as a philosophical blind man. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ted Donaldson
USA
Best movies:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
John Litel
USA
Best movies:
Dodge City (1939)
Jezebel (1938)
Key Largo (1948)
Ann Doran
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Holiday (1938)
Mona Barrie
UK
Best movies:
Syncopation (1942)
Strange Fascination (1952)
Dwayne Hickman
USA
Best movies:
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Cat Ballou (1965)
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Minta Durfee
USA
Best movies:
An Affair to Remember (1957)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Harry Harvey
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Jimmy Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
Ferris Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
Jessie Arnold
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
William Bailey
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
It Happened One Night (1934)
The Stratton Story (1949)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Frank O'Connor
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Fred Aldrich
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Olin Howland
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Cecil Weston
South Africa
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Teddy Infuhr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Madame Curie (1943)
Spellbound (1945)