Desc: Rusty: A Dog's Tale: Directed by Shuki Levy. With Hal Holbrook, Rue McClanahan, Laraine Newman, Charles Fleischer. This film is about two orphans named Jory and Tess. Their cousins, Bart and Bertha, try to take them away from their grandparents because they have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap their newborn puppies, Rusty the dog decides to save them.