My Pal Wolf

A busy business woman hires Miss Elizabeth Munn to be the new governess to her little girl, Gretchen Anstey. Munn doesn't like the staff or Gretchen lax manners. The little girl cares for a dog trapped at the bottom of a well and names him Wolf. One day, she falls in but she helps Wolf escape. Wolf manages to warn the staff and Gretchen is rescued. Miss Munn returns the dog back to the Army. Gretchen and the boys help Wolf escape and they set off for Washington. Munn needs to be an old mean governess. Her casting is a little off. She needs to look meaner. It would make her conversion more compelling. It is a little weird setting up the Army as the bad guys. It would be fine for a non-wartimes movie. It does allow the Secretary of War to be more human but he ends up trying to explain WWII to a little girl. It's awfully awkward. I guess they are trying to equate this with little children sending off their fathers to war. I get the point. In which case, what about Gretchen's father.

Caught this back in the 1970s. A local TV station showed it uncut and with NO commercial interruptions (which never happened back then). I saw it and loved it! Never forgot it. It's about a little girl whose parents have no time for her and has a cruel nanny. Near the house is a training center for dogs to use in the war. One escapes, meets the little girl and they immediately become friends. She never wants him to go...but he is needed by the military and they track him down. What will happen? Don't worry--it has happy endings all around:) Sure it's predictable and highly illogical but it works! The acting is good, the dog is cute and the ending will have everybody going "awwwwwwww" with a smile:) Cute little movie. PERFECT for kids.