''Man's Best Friend'' is a 1935 feature film about the adventures of a boy and his dog Lightning. The film stars

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, an American

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of the 1920s and 1930s;

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, a grandson of

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;

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; and Mary McLaren. ''Man's Best Friend'' was the high point of Douglas Haig's career as a film actor. In 1986, ''

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'' described the film as a "simple, unpretentious story of a little mountain boy and his pet police dog". ''Man's Best Friend'' has been released on DVD, together with ''The Secret Code''.

Plot

A boy (Haig) and his dog Lightning contend with the boy's abusive father.

References

External links

* 1935 films 1935 adventure films American black-and-white films Films about dogs American adventure films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language adventure films {{1930s-adventure-film-stub