A Boy and His Dog is a 1946 American Technicolor short drama film directed by LeRoy Prinz. It won an Oscar at the 19th Academy Awards in 1947 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
Short-story author Samuel A. Derieux, who died twenty-four years earlier in 1922, received story credit for the short film, suggesting to some the expectation that he wrote a work with the title "A Boy and His Dog"."Samuel Arthur Derieux ... was the author of: ... Comet (1921), A Boy and His Dog (? )..." "Frank of Freedom Hill (Dodo Press) -- Paperback", "Editorial Reviews", on Amazon.Com However, a plot summary for the short film, attributed to David Glagovsky,https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038379/plotsummary "Plot Summary for A Boy and His Dog (1946)" at IMDb closely parallels Derieux's short story "The Trial in Tom Belcher's Store", suggesting the film-makers drew on the published (and once celebrated)"The Trial in Tom Belcher's Store" pp. 214-231, O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 story, but gave the short film a title Derieux need not ever have considered.
It is entirely unrelated to Harlan Ellison's 1969 novella cycle as well as its 1975 film adaptation of the same name.
Cast Harry Davenport as Squire Jim Kirby Billy Sheffield as Davy Allen Dorothy Adams as Mrs. Allen Russell Simpson as Mr. Thornycroft Eddie Waller as Sheriff and Fleeta as Buck [a Bluetick Coonhound]
Unbilled Truman Bradley (narrator) Heinie Conklin (townsman at meeting) Jack Mower (Tom Belcher, store owner)
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