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The Journey of Natty Gann is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jeremy Kagan released in USA on 27 september 1985 with Meredith Salenger

The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)

The Journey of Natty Gann
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Released in USA 27 september 1985
Length 1h41
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Adventure
Rating69% 3.4978153.4978153.4978153.4978153.497815

The Journey of Natty Gann is a 1985 American film directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and released by Buena Vista Distribution. The film introduced Meredith Salenger and also starred John Cusack, Lainie Kazan and Ray Wise.

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Set in 1935, the movie tells the story of a 12-year-old tomboy girl, Natty Gann (Meredith Salenger). Out of work because of Depression-era unemployment, Natty's widowered father (Ray Wise) parlays his surefootedness into getting a job as a lumberjack. In order to get hired, he travels from Chicago to the state of Washington. He tells Natty that she will have to look after herself for the time being. Having no mother, Natty is left in the care of Connie (Lainie Kazan), the insensitive woman who manages the hotel Natty and her father had been living in.

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