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Precocious adolescent Skippy Skinner spends most of his time trying to get around doing those things that his parents want him to do (like brush his teeth), while doing those things his parents dont want him to do. Chief among the latter is spending time across the railroad tracks in Shantytown, instead of playing with "clean" neighborhood kids like brother and sister Sidney and Eloise. Skippys father, Dr. Herbert Skinner, the citys head of the health board, in particular doesnt like Skippy spending time there as Dr. Skinner is a verminophobe, and believes Shantytown is dirty and unhealthy. On Skippys latest visit to Shantytown when he meets a new friend named Sooky Wayne, he learns that Shantytown is being torn down and its poor residents have to move. And Sookys mongrel and unlicensed (since Mrs. Wayne cant afford the $3 license fee) dog Penny is captured by the citys dog catcher. As Skippy does whatever he can to raise the $3 to get Penny back for his new friend (which includes breaking into his piggy bank, holding a variety show for the Shantytown kids, and trying to ask his father for the money), Skippy learns that one person seems to be responsible for both these problems in his life, which makes the already tenuous relationship with this person even more tenuous.
Mischievous Skippy ignores his parents rules, finding loopholes in their instructions. Dr. Skinner is trying to tear down Shantytown, where the poor live. Skippy disobeys his father visits Shantytown regularly, befriending young Sooky. Sooky lives with his mother and dog, Penny. The family is too poor to afford a dog license. When Penny is captured by an evil dog catcher, Sooky and Skippy must find the money to get Penny back.
Jackie Cooper
Skippy
Robert Coogan
Sooky
Mitzi Green
Eloise
Jackie Searl
Sidney
Willard Robertson
Doctor Skinner
Enid Bennett
Mrs. Skinner
Donald Haines
Harley Nubbins
Helen Jerome Eddy
Mrs. Wayne
Guy Oliver
Dad Burkey
Jack Rube Clifford
Dog-Catcher Nubbins
Carl R. Botefuhr
Skippy Skinner (age 3)
Beaudine Anderson
Boy
Dannie Mac Grant
Boy
Douglas Haig
Boy
Payne B. Johnson
Boy
Buddy McDonald
Boy
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