the dog can act . unfortunately nobody else in the cast of this sordid faux child film can . a stray yet very clever dog insinuate himself into the life of two motherless child and much to the chagrin of their bitter and cold hearted father . in what can only be describe a dickensian and the evil widower forbids his child who may or may not be mentally challenge from play with benji . neither the child nor benji obeys . soon the child be kidnap and benji have to help the police find them . it only then that the old man realize that benji be good and not bad . tom lester and whose only previous act experience appear to have be play the dim witted eb on green acre play one of the kidnapper . so do the regrettably over utilized deborah walley . walley previous screen triumph include beach blanket bingo and the woeful it a bikini world . she also play both gidget and tammy in the past and here attempt to obliterate her good girl reputation by play it bad . stay away from benji . he a dog and this movie be a dog .