5 /10 1 Votes
Running time 82 minutes Director Francis D. Lyon | 5.1/10 IMDb Release date 1961 Initial release 1961 Language English language | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Screenplay by Virginia M. CookeWilliam Lightfoot Starring Candy MooreBen JohnsonJesse White Cast Similar Green Grass of Wyoming, Ardor, Count Three and Pray, Cow Country, Snowfire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomboy and the Champ is a 1961 American film directed by Francis D. Lyon.
Plot
A young girl in Texas is stricken with polio and it is caring for her pet calf that keeps her strong. She enters the calf in the Chicago International Exposition. The calf wins but the girl discovers that her cow will be auctioned off for a slaughterhouse. A good natured meat packer intervenes, and the girl and the calf are reunited.
References
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