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Synopsis: Natty Gann (played by Meredith Salenger) is a twelve year old Depression era girl whose single-parent father leaves her behind in Chicago while he goes to Washington State to look for work in the timber industry. Natty runs away from the guardian she was left with to follow Dad. She befriends and is befriended by a wolf that has been abused in dog fights, hops a freight train west, and is presumed dead when her wallet is found after the train crashes. Dad gets bitter and endangers himself in his new job. Meanwhile Natty has a series of adventures and mis- adventures in various farmhouses, police stations, hobo camps, reform schools, and boxcars.
Genre: Adventure, Family
Director(s): Jeremy Kagan
Production: Walt Disney Productions
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PG
Year:
1985
101 min
371 Views


You just make sure they do.

I said you make sure

they do !

[ car horn beeping ]

[ whistle blowing ]

[ brakes shuddering ]

[ crash ]

[ moans ]

[ man ]

let's get outta here

before this thing blows !

Jesus, let's go !

[ explosion ]

[ explosion ]

[ bird screeches ]

[ birds calling ]

[ insects buzzing,

Forest sounds ]

[ chirping, tapping,

rustling sounds ]

[ growling softly ]

Timber !

Timber !

[ bird calling ]

Ugh !

[ thunder ]

[ growl ]

[ growling ]

[ thunder ]

I ain't goin' out there.

I don't give a damn

what you do.

[ growls ]

I'm comin' !

Slow down, will you ?

Wait for me.

[ sighs ]

oh, sh*t.

[ whimpers ]

what is it ?

Okay.

I bet you were scared out

in the woods all by yourself.

Yeah. I had a friend,

though, kind of.

You said you was alone !

Friend ?

It was only a wolf.

Wolf ? Wolf ain't

nobody's friend.

You must be seein' things.

It's true.

You're a liar, kid.

I am not.

Leave her be, al.

[ snorts ]

wolf.

[ woman ]

hyah. Hyah.

[ howling in distance ]

hey, go on.

Go on !

Oh !

What's wrong ?

Take the mule !

Is she okay ?

Get the damn mule !

Come on.

[ moaning ]

Stop !

You'll be fine.

[ moans ]

Come on in.

Are you okay ?

Come here.

It's moving.

Feel it. Come on.

Don't be scared.

[ chuckles ]

is that it ?

- Is that the baby ?

- That's his foot.

[ chuckles ]

must hurt getting kicked

like that.

No. It's the losin'

that hurts,

not the bearin'.

We had another one.

She died.

My mama died

when I was a kid.

Can't hardly

remember her.

There. That's her.

She was pretty, huh ?

Yeah. Real pretty.

I look like my dad.

He's in Washington,

where I'm goin'.

Does he know

you're comin' ?

He was gonna send for me,

but I couldn't wait.

- [ hens clucking ]

- [ growling ]

[ clucking,

growling continue ]

[ howling ]

[ growling, barking ]

- [ gunshot ]

- [ Natty ] run !

[ gunshot ]

Damn kid !

Oww !

- [ growling ]

- [ Natty ]

go on ! Run ! Go !

Connie. Sol.

Now, listen hard, Connie.

I'm coming back there

to find her myself.

The boss give me

a week off.

W-what ?

Connie ! Will you tell me

what the hell's goin' on ?

Where ?

Yeah.

Yeah.

[ man ]

what's the matter, Gann ?

They found my kid's wallet

buried under a train

in Colorado.

[ man ]

oh, no.

What the hell was she doin'

in Colorado ?

[ quiet growling ]

What's the matter ?

Come on.

Come on.

[ door closes ]

[ door closes ]

[ car approaching ]

Excuse me, mister.

I wonder if you could--

uh-uh. I'm sick of you kids

panhandlin'. Sick, ya hear me ?

- But I just want a little--

- no ! Now you beat it

before I call a cop. Git !

Uh, excuse me, miss,

but, uh, that was wrong.

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