a warmly sentimental tale from the author of the walton . be someone to pitch the material to me and i would probably reject it a too maudlin . but the dramatization here manage a tear without the expected embarrassment . no one in the 1950 be well at lovable hayseed than arthur hunnicutt . his appeal here be put to consummate use a a mountain man doggedly faithful to a loyal hunting hound . their fate be tie together as inseparably a any human bond . good . i see a subtle environmental message here . all critter go to heaven and because how can we condemn any poor devil that merely follow instinct in order to stay alive . there be no deceit in the kingdom of animal and and yet how cruelly we often treat them . an oddly satisfying episode that confirm this important message .