THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN (1985) F/f one-smacker

An unusual, dark Disney movie:

Natty Gann is a twelve year old Depression era girl whose single-parent father leaves her behind in Chicago while he goes to Washington State to look for work in the timber industry. Natty runs away from the guardian she was left with to follow Dad. She befriends and is befriended by a wolf that has been abused in dog fights, hops a freight train west. Natty has a series of adventures and mis- adventures in various farmhouses, police stations, hobo camps, reform schools, and boxcars.


Here she meets a stern landlady when she rents a room,who gives her a stinging one - smacker.

This clip was discovered and sent to me by Cinndunc. All credit goes to him.



smackee: Meredith Salenger
smacker: Lainie Kazan



director: Jeremy Kagan