Little Fugitive

A boy from Brooklyn, wrongly led to believe that he killed another child with his rifle by an ‘ornery older brother, flees to the fantasy and fun of Coney Island to escape in this all-but forgotten drama that proves that big budgets and studios are not always needed to create a memorable, internationally distinguished gem. The story remains most notable for its offbeat treating of the child not as an adorable Hollywood moppet, but as a real little boy, simultaneously afraid that he really hurt someone, and thrilled to be alone in the famed amusement park., Simple, unusually perceptive study of a little boy who runs away from home. Filmed documentary-style.