A Dog's Best Friend

A Dog's Best Friend

It Will Warm Your Heart!...Chill It With Suspense

1959 · 70 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama, Western

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.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn · Written by Orville H. Hampton

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