The Tender Years

The Tender Years

🎞️ Movie 81 min US
โ˜… 6.5 /10 1948

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The first of the Edward L. Alperson "Alson Productions" for 20th Century-Fox distribution, featuring the return to the screen, after nearly a four-year absence, of comedian Joe E. Brown, in a non-comedic role. The story is set in a small mid-western town in the 1880's, where minister William "Will" Norris becomes involved in the vicious fights held in the local dog-pit when one of the injured animals escapes its brutal master and seeks refuge in the Norris home. Forced by law to return the dog to its owner, the minister goes against his religious teachings and, with his son Ted, steals the dog in an effort to rouse public sympathy against the dog fights and against cruelty to all animals. The film was endorsed in many locations by local chapters of the American Humane Society and/or the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Cast

Joe E. Brown
Joe E. Brown
Rev. Will Norris
Richard Lyon
Richard Lyon
Ted Norris
Noreen Nash
Noreen Nash
Linda
Charles Drake
Charles Drake
Bob Wilson
Josephine Hutchinson
Josephine Hutchinson
Emily Norris
James Millican
James Millican
Kit Barton
Griff Barnett
Griff Barnett
Sen. Cooper
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Jeanne Gail
Jeanie
Harry Cheshire
Harry Cheshire
Sheriff Fred Ackley
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Blayney Lewis
Frank Barton
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Edward Kilenyi
Composer
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Henry Freulich
Cinematographer