i remember see goodbye my lady back when i be a lad a the second part of a double feature . i be pretty amaze at this most unusual canine . young skeeter and who live with his uncle jesse in the swamp area near pascagoula and mississippi come upon a most unusual dog in the swamp . it groom itself like a cat and have a hyena like laugh instead of a bark and and have the speed of secretariat . any kid like the one i be when i saw this would want to possess an animal like this . when skeeter finally do capture him he find he get the most natural hunting dog ever see those part . brandon dewilde be a pretty popular child actor in the fifty and shane and the member of the wedding cement his career . he and walter brennan play uncle jesse be a winning combination . they get good support from phil harris a the local grocer and sidney poitier have a small role a a young black neighbor and william hopper and the yankee visitor from connecticut . would you believe this film be produce by john wayne . his batjac production company occasionally do film that do not star the duke . duke get a top director in william wellman with whom he have just finish the high and the mighty to direct goodbye my lady and phil harris and william hopper who be in the cast of same . wellman mix all the element just right for a winning film . this unusual dog turn out to be a basenji from africa and of course the dog be lose from it real owner . the end isn not what you would expect from a boy or dog picture and it more real and that as far a i go at this point . living in buffalo a i do now and there a bit of humor here that non buffalonians can not appreciate . phil harris have a hunting dog name millard fillmore and name after our 13th american president . fillmore be somewhere in the middle rank of president generally and but a a native of buffalo and you will find a few people in this part of the world who will accord him a great . harris make a joke about nothing ever be name for fillmore . where i live there a page or two in the phone book for thing name fillmore . that must have send up a few howl back when i be a kid in theater here .