you know the movie could have be a lot well when the animal in this case and a little dog be the best actor on the screen . the acting in this film be so bad and so amateurish and by dog get embarrassed watching this . he ( rusty and our golden retreiver ) could have do a good job than the people in here . by now this be almost a trite story represent kid find animal and pet be not like nor want by one of the parent but the pet wind up save one the kid and be now a hero and an official member of the family . sound familiar . i remember this movie be a big hit and but never get around to see it until the mid 90 on vhs . i be shocked how bad it be . why so much fuss over a film . be it because there be so much sleaze in the early 70 that a nice family film stand out in the crowd . possibly . there wasn not a whole lot of wholesome entertainment in the decade of the 70 plus a lot of people be sucker for cute little animal story . who could resist this cute little dog . not me . but the movie i can resist represent it a grade b storyline with horrible act . recommend only for small dog animal lover and i mean lover because even the average pet owner will fall asleep try to watch this film in this day and age .