When a Feller Needs a Friend brothers The Trail of the Lonesome

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is an exciting melodrama and a landmark cinematic achievement that continues to captivate audiences today

austerity and a lack of food are just the beginning in Petri's one-year challenge

and Ruth Hussey plays his devoted wife

Amid the crises of Watergate and Vietnam

especially when it comes to hanging out with her Mom

When a Feller Needs a Friend brothers The Trail of the LonesomeEddie Randall (Jackie Cooper) is a spunky, sweet natured kid, but since he has a lame left leg and must wear a brace, he's a constant worry to his loving but overprotective parents, who keep him from playing with the neighborhood kids (they call him "Limpy"), as well as the target of mean spirited treatment by his newly arrived, pugilistic cousin Froggie (Andy Shuford). But Eddie has a pal in his corner: feisty, tall tale spinning Uncle Jonas (Charles