John Steinbeck's account of a trip across America with his dog Charley
A film produced for N.B.C.

Based on his best-selling book, this film illustrates some of John Steinbeck's twentieth - century odyssey, a 10,000-mile four-month journey around the United States with a seven-year-old poodle, Charley. Steinbeck decided to tour the country in his specially constructed caravan, to renew contact with the American nation - 'to look again, to try to rediscover this monster land.'
His own words, narrated by Henry Fonda, describe his experiences and encounters during the journey from New York through the New England states and the Great Lakes area, to his long-time stamping grounds in Salinas, California, the setting for many of his most famous novels.
Six animated cartoon sequences enliven such episodes as an encounter with an amorous moose, a re-creation of Dante's Inferno, and another nightmarish scene in which Charley is chased by a bear.
(Colour)