Banjo

May 15, 1947

1h 8m

★ 7.5

TOGETHER - against the world!

Overview

Family drama about a young farm girl, suddenly orphaned, who must give up her beloved dog when she's sent to live with her aunt in Boston.

Genres

Family

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Banjo Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Patricia "Pat" Warren

Sharyn Moffett

Elizabeth Ames

Jacqueline White

Dr. Robert M. Hartley

Walter Reed

Harriet

Una O'Connor

Lindy

Louise Beavers

Uncle Jasper

Ernest Whitman

Ned

Lanny Rees

Exodus

Theron Jackson

Genesis

Howard Louis McNeely

Banjo the Dog

Banjo

Jeffries (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Conductor Matthews (uncredited)

Jason Robards Sr.

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