The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) on Netflix
In Depression-era Chicago, Natty Gann lives with her father, Sol. When he leaves for a lumberjack job in Washington, she runs away to find him, freeing a wolf from a dog-fighting ring.
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Sol Gann has been out of work in Chicago through the Great Depression. When he takes a lumberjack job in Washington, he leaves on a company bus before he can find his daughter, Natty, promising in a letter to send her the fare once he earns it. He asks Connie, the rooming-house keeper, to watch over the girl. After Natty hears Connie report her as an abandoned child, she runs away to find her father, riding freight trains with penniless travelers. She rescues a wolf from a dog-fighting ring, and the animal becomes her friend and protector. On the road she meets Harry, another young traveler.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
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- Elmer Bernstein wrote the original score and had to rewrite much of his material along the way, only for most of it to be thrown out and replaced by a new score from James Horner. Bernstein's rejected work finally appeared on disc in 2008.
