''Rusty Saves a Life'' is a 1949 American
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Seymour Friedman
Seymour Friedman (August 17, 1917 – April 2, 2003) was an American film director. He later worked as a Unit production manager, production manager in television. Friedman began his career as an assistant director, before enlisting for military s ...
and starring
Ted Donaldson
Ted Donaldson (born August 20, 1933 in New York City) is an American former child actor.
Early years
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Donaldson was the son of singer-composer Will Donaldson and Will's wife, Jo. His mother died when he was years old. ...
,
Gloria Henry
Gloria Henry (born Gloria Eileen McEniry; April 2, 1923 – April 3, 2021) was an American actress, best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis' mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the Columbia Broadcasting Company, CBS family sitcom ''Dennis t ...
and
Ann Doran
Ann Lee Doran (July 28, 1911 – September 19, 2000) was an American character actress, possibly best known as the mother of Jim Stark ( James Dean) in ''Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955). She was an early member of the Screen Actors Guild and ser ...
.
[Blottner p.285] It was part of the
Rusty
Rusty may refer to something covered with rust or with a rust (color). Rusty is also a nickname for people who have red hair, have a rust-hued skin tone, or have the given name Russell.
Rusty may also refer to:
People
*Rusty Anderson (born 1959 ...
series of films produced by
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...
.
Cast
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Ted Donaldson
Ted Donaldson (born August 20, 1933 in New York City) is an American former child actor.
Early years
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Donaldson was the son of singer-composer Will Donaldson and Will's wife, Jo. His mother died when he was years old. ...
as Danny Mitchell
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Gloria Henry
Gloria Henry (born Gloria Eileen McEniry; April 2, 1923 – April 3, 2021) was an American actress, best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis' mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the Columbia Broadcasting Company, CBS family sitcom ''Dennis t ...
as Lyddy Hazard
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Stephen Dunne as Fred Gibson
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John Litel
John Beach Litel (December 30, 1892 – February 3, 1972) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Litel was born in Albany, Wisconsin. During World War I, he enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery. Ba ...
as Hugh Mitchell
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Ann Doran
Ann Lee Doran (July 28, 1911 – September 19, 2000) was an American character actress, possibly best known as the mother of Jim Stark ( James Dean) in ''Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955). She was an early member of the Screen Actors Guild and ser ...
as Ethel Mitchell
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Thurston Hall
Ernest Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film, stage and television actor.Aylesworth, Thomas G. and Bowman, John S. (1987). ''The World Almanac Who's Who of Film''. World Almanac. . Pp. 186-187.
Career Stag ...
as Counsellor Frank A. Gibson
*
Rudy Robles
Rudy Robles (born Pastor Lluviosa Robles, 29 April 1910 – 11 August 1970) was a Filipino film and television actor. He was one of the first Filipino actors to appear in Hollywood movies.
Career
Robles was born in Tacloban, in the Eastern ...
as Gono Sandoval
* Flame as Rusty
References
Bibliography
* Blottner, Gene. ''Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years''. McFarland, 2011.
External links
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1949 films
1949 drama films
American drama films
Films directed by Seymour Friedman
Columbia Pictures films
American black-and-white films
Rusty (film series)
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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