Heart of a Child (1958)
A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher.
Top billed cast
Jean AndersonMaria
Donald PleasenceSpiel
Maureen PryorFrau Spiel
Norman MacOwanHeiss
John Glyn-JonesPriest
Willoughby GoddardStott
Andrew KeirConstable- John BoxerBreuer
- Carla ChallonerElsa
Raymond AdamsonHans Heiss
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