Rascal

Rascal is a 1969 comedy-drama film adaptation made by Walt Disney Productions. The movie is a dramatization of 's 1963 "memoir of a better era," about a young man and his pet raccoon set in rural Wisconsin. It was released on June 11, 1969, by Walt Disney Pictures. A McDonald's print was released on VHS and DVD by Walt Disney Home Entertainment in 2002.
==Plot==
In the summer of 1918 in the little town of Brailsford Junction in central Wisconsin, 11-year-old Sterling North saves a raccoon from a lynx, and the two become boon companions. Sterling's father, a widower and traveling salesman, spends much of his time on the road; and Rascal, the raccoon, is often Sterling's only companion. Three friendly neighbors keep an eye on the pair, however: Miss Whalen, his teacher; Mr. Thurman, the new minister; and Mr. Pringle, a kindly merchant. Rascal gets into trouble often, and when he digs up a neighbor's corn patch, Sterling frees him rather than putting him in a cage. Rascal is again almost killed by the lynx, and Sterling must once more save him. On his way home, Sterling takes Rascal to a race between a Stanley Steamer and a sulky, and the presence of the animal inspires Donnybrook, the horse pulling the sulky, to win the race. Sterling's sister, Theo, returns home from Chicago with her fiancé and finds the North home in a terrible mess. She takes her father to task for neglecting Sterling, and, as a result, Mr. North takes an office in Brailsford Junction. Sterling sets Rascal free in the company of a female raccoon, knowing that together the two animals will be able to protect themselves from the lynx.
==Cast==
*Bill Mumy as Sterling North
*Walter Pidgeon as Sterling North as an adult (voice)
*Steve Forrest as Willard North
*Pamela Toll as Theo North
*Elsa Lanchester as Mrs. Satterfield
*Henry Jones as Garth Shadwick
*Bettye Ackerman as Ms. Whalen
*Jonathan Daly as Reverend Thurman
*John Fiedler as C.Y. Jenkins
*Richard Erdman as Walt Dabbett
*Herbert Anderson as Mr. Pringle
*Robert Emhardt as Constable
*Steve Carlson as Norman Bradshaw
*Maudie Prickett as Ms. Pince-Nez
*David McCallum as Ice Cream Man
==The book==
As with many films, this film differs from its source material, the award-winning book of the same name. His sister, the poet, and editor Jessica Nelson North is not a character in the film.
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==Copyright info==
A copyright renewal for the film was registered on February 12, 1997.Online Copyright Catalog search (form autofilled, pressing "begin search" brings up the entry) The copyright to the story it is based on was also renewed in the U.S.Online Copyright Catalog Search (Source material)Online Copyright Catalog Search (Source material (2))
==References==
Category:Films
Category:Disney films
Category:Films based on books
Category:Live-action films
Category:Films about animals
Category:Rascal
Category:1969 films
Category:G-rated films