Kayla (1997)

7.0/10 96 min Drama Family

Overview

Set in the 1920s, this film tells the poignant and inspiring story of Sam MacKenzie, a boy whose explorer dad disappeared on an expedition to the Arctic tundra. Unable to make friends, adjust to his new Canadian home or get along with his stepfather, Sam finds solace in Kayla, a wild dog he hopes to enter in a dogsled race. But when the community turns against Kayla, Sam must come to her rescue.

Cast

Tod Fennell

Sam Mackenzie

Henry Czerny

Asa Robinson

Bronwen Booth

Althea Robinson

Meredith Henderson

Jaynie Nightingale

Recommendations

Eight Below
The Call of the Wild
Flicka
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Where the Red Fern Grows
Snow Buddies
Where the Red Fern Grows
Togo
Greyfriars Bobby
The Stray
Iron Will
Balto
The Call of the Wild
A Second Chance
Hoovey
I Believe
Dog Gone
National Velvet
Balto III: Wings of Change
Flicka: Country Pride