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A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher.
Cast
Jean Anderson, Donald Pleasence, Maureen Pryor, Norman MacOwan, John Glyn-Jones, Willoughby Goddard, Andrew Keir, John Boxer, Carla Challoner, Raymond Adamson, Charles Gray, Philip Locke
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