Shiloh Details

In a first-rate family entertainment, a boy befriends a hunting dog that's being cruelly treated by its owner, a neighbouring farmer. The boy's dad reckons it's the neighbour's business, and that he shouldn't get involved. But, convinced by a kindly shopkeeper that a boy's gotta do what a boy's gotta do, the kid takes the paw into his own hands and fights doggedly to become the beagle's new owner. Refreshingly unsentimental and impeccably acted by a cast which includes Michael Moriarty as the dad and Rod Steiger as the shopkeeper, Shiloh is a minor treat for kids and grown-ups alike. A sequel followed in 1999.

"...What is remarkable about the film is that it deals with real moral issues....SHILOH, like all great family films, deals with real issues in real ways..."