Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984)
Genre : Drama, History, Family, TV Movie
Runtime : 1H 39M
Director : Delbert Mann
Synopsis
Based on the true story of Morris Frank and the first U.S. Seeing Eye Dog, Buddy.
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