The Return of Rusty
Cast & Crew
William Castle
Ted Donaldson
John Litel
Mark Dennis
Barbara Wooddell
Robert Stevens
Film Details
Synopsis
Loddy Bicek, a war-orphaned stowaway aboard an Army transport ship entering New York harbor, is nearing the end of his long journey from Czechoslovakia when he is apprehended by the military police. Sgt. Jack Beals, who wants to adopt Loddy arranges for the boy to escape and instructs him to rejoin him at the sergeant's home town, Lawtonville. Upon arriving there, however, Loddy finds the Beal home deserted, but meets young Danny Mitchell and his friends as they are playing with Danny's dog, Rusty. Marty Connors, one of Danny's friends, demeans Loddy because he is a foreigner, but Danny defends the boy and takes him home, prevailing upon his father and mother to give him temporary lodging. When two detectives arrive in Lawtonville looking for the young refugee, Danny and his friends hide Loddy in the cave that serves as their clubhouse. Soon after, word comes that Sgt. Beals has been arrested, suspected of complicity in Loddy's disappearance. Blaming himself for the sergeant's predicament, Loddy decides to find him, and Rusty, now attached to the boy, tags along. At a gasoline station along the highway, Rusty becomes separated from Loddy and is found by Marty, who gives the dog to a strange boy. Once in Lawtonville, Marty then claims that Loddy stole Rusty. Soon after, Loddy, who has managed to retrieve Rusty, reappears with the animal. Upon discovering that Danny believes he is guilty of stealing Rusty, Loddy departs, broken-hearted. Determined to set the record straight, Loddy confronts Marty, causing the frightened boy to run away and fall down a steep ravine. Loddy and Rusty follow and try to rescue Marty, but Loddy finds himself trapped and unable to climb out. As Loddy administers first aid to the injured Marty, Rusty scales the walls of the ravine to summon help. Rusty runs to Danny, who, finding a written plea for help attached to the dog's collar, rallies his friends to rescue the two boys. All ends happily as Sgt. Beals, absolved of guilt by the authorities, is permitted to adopt Loddy, who has won the respect of the town by his selfless effort to rescue Marty.
Director
William Castle
Cast
Ted Donaldson
John Litel
Mark Dennis
Barbara Wooddell
Robert Stevens
Mickey Kuhn
Teddy Infuhr
Dwayne Hickman
Mickey Mcguire
Gene Collins
David Ackles
Don Davis
Edwin Parker
Fred Sears
Leo Kaye
George Turner
Joseph Palma
Ernie Adams
Vic Potel
Bob Ryan
Tom Daly
Adelle Roberts
Mary Emery
George Nokes
Frank Dae
Isabel Withers
Pat O'malley
Kernan Cripps
Rose Plumer
Emmett Vogan
Wally Rose
Wanda Perry
Crew
Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Juanita L. Bell
Robert Bradfield
Philip Faulkner
Jack Goodrich
Lewis Helmar Herman
Lewis Helmar Herman
Irving M. Klein
William O'connor
Leonard S. Picker
Hans Radon
William B. Sackheim
James Sweeney
Philip Tannura
J. S. Westmoreland
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For additional information on the "Rusty" series, please consult the Series Index and see the entry above for ventures of Rusty.
