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Rusty's Birthday (1949)
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60 min | Drama

Rusty's Birthday (1949)

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60 min | Drama

In the small town of Lawtonville, Illinois, Rusty, high school junior Danny Mitchell's beloved pet German Shepherd, is celebrating a birthday soon. Danny is giving Rusty a new engraved collar for his birthday off of which they can hang his...See moreIn the small town of Lawtonville, Illinois, Rusty, high school junior Danny Mitchell's beloved pet German Shepherd, is celebrating a birthday soon. Danny is giving Rusty a new engraved collar for his birthday off of which they can hang his license. However, before Rusty's birthday, Rusty, through a series of misadventures, goes missing without any identification. He eventually ends up with the Neeleys - father Virgil, teen-aged son Bill, and infant son Jeff - a poor itinerant family, as Virgil looks for work in the area. Danny assumes that the Neeleys stole Rusty, which was not the case. Beyond Danny jumping to this conclusion from which he does not budge, he runs into a larger problem with young Jeff, who believes Rusty, who he has renamed Gladly, is rightfully his. But Danny butts heads with Bill even more. Bill and Danny's dislike of each other seems to stem not from each other per se as they don't even really know each other, but what the other represents. As Virgil hopes to stay in Lawtonville for at least as long as a job is available, which is especially happy news for local spinster Carrie Simmons, Danny and the Neeley children may have an uncomfortable relationship unless one or both sides can come to a better understanding of the other. Written by Huggo See less

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Ted Donaldson Danny Mitchell Danny Mitchell See fewer	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
John Litel Hugh Mitchell Hugh Mitchell See fewer	They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Ann Doran Ethel Mitchell Ethel Mitchell See fewer	Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Jimmy Hunt Jeff Neeley Jeff Neeley See fewer	Pitfall (1948)
Mark Dennis Bill Neeley Bill Neeley See fewer	Targets (1968)
Ray Teal Virgil Neeley Virgil Neeley See fewer	Ace in the Hole (1951)
Lillian Bronson Carrie Simmons Carrie Simmons See fewer	Spencer's Mountain (1963)
Flame Rusty Rusty See fewer	My Dog Shep (1946)
David Ackles Tuck Worden (uncredited) Tuck Worden (uncredited) See fewer	Yella (2007)
Myron Healey Jack Wiggins (uncredited) Jack Wiggins (uncredited) See fewer	Shadow on the Land (1968)
Dwayne Hickman Nip Worden (uncredited) Nip Worden (uncredited) See fewer	How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
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Raymond Largay Amos Wembley (uncredited) Amos Wembley (uncredited) See fewer	Soldiers and Women (1930)
James Nolan Motor Officer (uncredited) Motor Officer (uncredited) See fewer	Dirty Harry (1971)
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Fred F. Sears Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited) See fewer	The Giant Claw (1957)
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