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(Credited cast)| Bill Williams | ... | Wesley 'Wes' Thurman | |
| Marcia Henderson | ... | Millie Thurman | |
| Roger Mobley | ... | Pip Wheeler | |
| Charles Cooper | ... | Deputy Sheriff Bill Beamer | |
| Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Roy Janney (as Dean Stanton) | |
| Roy Engel | ... | Sheriff Dan Murdock | |
| Jimmy Baird | ... | Jimmy Thurman | |
| Terry Ann Ross | ... | Amy Thurman |
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The story follows an orphan (Mobley) who goes to live on a ranch. The boy is nothing but trouble until he befriends a wounded dog. The dog has found a gun, a murder weapon, and soon the boy and dog are being pursued by the killer. The dog, a German Shepherd, is named King.