Admirable film.

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I, too, was just a little kid when I saw "Dondi"...and I fell in love with it. I watched it on TV--probably on a Saturday afternoon--and was captivated by it's charm. Sweet little Dondi stole my heart. I only saw this movie once but it has stayed in my heart for over 40 years. I can still remember Patti Page singing a beautiful lullabye-like song about Dondi. By today's standards, it most likely wouldn't even be considered to be made---not enough sex and violence---but this is one that should somehow finds it's way to the "feel good movies" category on DVD....along with "The Toy Tiger", "Sitting Pretty", and "Mr. Belvidere". Hopefully some day we'll be able to get all of these great old movies on DVD!

I have a couple of kids, but I'm pretty sure that if I made them watch this film with me, I could be accused of child abuse. This film has not a single redeeming feature, the kid, David Kory, should have stuck to selling newspapers on a street corner, coz acting is way above his abilities.

Undoubtedly one of the worst little films ever made. The well-known "shlock" movies have no pretensions, don't take themselves too seriously and at least give the viewer a few laughs. "Dondi" is a true BOMB with no redeeming features which, when originally released, probably went long way to undermine US/Korean relations. As Leonard Maltin suggests, "Watch this film and you will understand why David Janssen became a fugitive!"

Saw this picture ages ago. Leonard Maltin hit the nail on the head when he said "Watch this film and you'll know why Janssen became a fugitive"! The comic strip was never very good and this film is ten times worse. If it had even a shred of Sci-Fi in it MST3K could swoop down on it for some laughs but it doesn't. David Janssen did fine work in his career but this is certainly the worst he was ever in.