T Is for Tumbleweed

November. 11,1958

Rating：

6.4

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Preserved Film

Trailer Synopsis Cast

T Is for Tumbleweed is a 1958 English-language short film directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen, starring Anne Lockhart. It features some tumbleweed that moves through a small town in the desert and interacts with people and animals. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

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