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A boy doesn’t find the life he expects out West when he leaves Chicago to find his uncle. The West has changed–it is no longer “cowboys and Indians.” He finds his uncle living in a shack, and in trying to be accepted and help out, the boy gets himself into all sorts of trouble, causing his uncle to refer to him as “good for nuthin’,” a nickname that sticks. Eventually the two see that they need each other.Read moreLess
A boy doesn’t find the life he expects out West when he leaves Chicago to find his uncle. The West has changed–it is no longer “cowboys and Indians.” He finds his uncle living in a shack, and in trying to be accepted and help out, the boy gets himself into all sorts of trouble, causing his uncle to refer to him as “good for nuthin’,” a nickname that sticks. Eventually the two see that they need each other.
The story
A boy doesn’t find the life he expects out West when he leaves Chicago to find his uncle. The West has changed–it is no longer “cowboys and Indians.” He finds his uncle living in a shack, and in trying to be accepted and help out, the boy gets himself into all sorts of trouble, causing his uncle to refer to him as “good for nuthin’,” a nickname that sticks. Eventually the two see that they need each other.
Cast & crew
Ron HowardRichie 'Nuthin'' Caldwell
Forrest TuckerTurkeyneck
John CarrollSagebrush
Mickey ShaughnessySheriff Hoop
Richard BakalyanShortie
Rafael CamposPeewee
Mary LaRocheCarrie BrackneyExplore the crew
- Writer
- Lowell S. Hawley
- Producer
- Bill Anderson
- Director
- Norman Tokar
- Writer
- James Leighton