The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- Norman TaurogDirector
- Joseph L. MankiewiczWriter
- Don MarquisWriter
- Norman Z. McLeodWriter
- Sam MintzWriter
Cast
- Jackie CooperSkippy Skinner
- Robert CooganSooky
- Mitzi GreenEloise
- Jackie SearlSidney
- Willard RobertsonHerbert Skinner
- Enid BennettEllen Skinner
- Donald HainesHarley Nubbins
- Helen Jerome EddyMrs. Wayne
- Beaudine AndersonBoy
- Dannie Mac GrantBoy
- Douglas HaigBoy
- Payne B. JohnsonBoy
Stills
Themes
dogboy and dogdogcatchershantytownboyschild protagonist