Tomboy and the Champ
Cast & Crew
Francis D. Lyon
Candy Moore
Ben Johnson
Jesse White
Jess Kirkpatrick
Christine Smith
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Synopsis
Tommy Jo, a 13-year-old Texas ranch girl, wins a calf at a county fair and names him Champy. While training the animal, Tommy Jo gets caught in a storm and develops polio. With the help of her aunt and uncle and her parson, Tommy Jo learns to walk again and discovers that the secret of training Champy is to soothe him with music. She enters her pet--now grown--in the Houston Fat Stock Show, but loses when her radio breaks down and no music is available. The parson encourages her to persevere, and with the help of the local Four-H Club, Tommy Jo is able to enter Champy in the Chicago International Exposition. They win the grand championship when the parson sings a song to Champy. Tommy Jo's happiness is short-lived, however, as she learns that all champions are auctioned off for beef. Unable to raise the $30,000 auction price, Tommy Jo has a relapse and is rushed to the hospital with pneumonia. Fred Anderson, a kindly meatpacker, saves Champy from the slaughterhouse and reunites him with Tommy Jo at the hospital.
Director
Francis D. Lyon
Cast
Candy Moore
Ben Johnson
Jesse White
Jess Kirkpatrick
Christine Smith
Paul Bernath
Norman Sherry
John Carpenter
Wally Phillips
Ralph Fischer
Larry Hickie
Rex Allen
Casey Tibbs
Jerry Naill
Champy
Crew
Clem Beauchamp
William Clothier
Virginia M. Cooke
Dale Knight
Jerry Lightfoot
William Lightfoot
William Lightfoot
William Lightfoot
William B. Murphy
Hal Polaire
Tommy Reynolds
Tommy Reynolds
Tommy Reynolds
Richard Shores
Elsie Pierce Wilkes
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Notes
Filmed on location in Chicago, Houston, and Katy, Texas.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring April 1961
Released in United States Spring April 1961
