- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1947-09-15
- Director: Allan Dwan
- Writers: Mary Loos , Richard Sale
- Language: English
- Stars: Ruth Warrick , Walter Brennan , Dean Jagger , Charlotte Greenwood , Natalie Wood (I) (1938–1981) , Jerome Cowan , H.B. Warner (1875–1958) , Margaret Hamilton , Hobart Cavanaugh , Francis Ford
- Runtime: 88 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Driftwood (United States of America) , Driftwood , Jenny et son chien (France, French Republic) , Turbilhão da Vida (Brazil) , Driftwood (Canada) , Pikku Jenny (Finland) , Lemn plutitor (Romania) , La senda encantada (Mexico) , Flor silvestre (Venezuela) , Driftwood (United Kingdom) , Fiore selvaggio (Italy)
- Plot: Six-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog, the only survivor of a plane wreck. A tag on the dog's neck states that it is en route to a medical laboratory where its blood will be used for spotted fever vaccine. Dr. Steven Webster meets both Jenny and the dog and "adopts" them both. His fiancée Susan isn't too fond of either the girl or the dog. Webster wants to get a hospital for the town but he is suppressed by the town mayor. In the arguments that follow, Webster's lab is wrecked and ticks infected with spotted fever escape. The town is in a panic and all want to be vaccinated. Jenny is infected and is about to die.
- IMDB:tt0039341
Driftwood Cast · · · ALL
Allan Dwan
Director
Ruth Warrick
Susan Moore
Walter Brennan
Murph
Dean Jagger
Dr. Steve Webster
Charlotte Greenwood
Mathilda
Natalie Wood
(I)
(1938–1981)
Jenny Hollingsworth
Jerome Cowan
Mayor Snyder
Margaret Hamilton
Essie
Francis Ford
Abner Green
H.B. Warner
(1875–1958)
Rev. Hollingsworth
Hobart Cavanaugh
Judge Beckett
Mary Field
Mrs. White
Alan Napier
(I)
(1903–1988)
Dr. Nicholas Adams
Teddy Infuhr
Lester Snyder
James Bell
Sheriff Bolton
James Kirkwood
Rev. MacDougal
Ray Teal
Mr. Perkins
Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer
Messenger boy
Dick Elliott
Townsman
Zeke Holland
Blaine Perkins
Richard Sale
Mailman