TCM claims that "The Runaway" was not released but I recall seeing it in 1964. The confusion might have been because the release was three years after it was made; and only after the producers were able to persuade Allied Artists to release it.
The story is set in Tijuana.
In October 1964 Dell Publishing got into the act and released a comic book of the film, complete with an inside cover with five black & white stills from the film and this short description of the story: "There is excitement in a boy's life when all his food and every stitch of clothing comes by hard work and cunning. The fun is gone when the stakes are today's supper or tonight's rest. Felipe discovered this early in his young life, long before he met his only real friends, Father Dugan and Mike, his pup. The father knew there was a lot of good in Felipe; what did it matter if he was called ... THE RUNAWAY ....
The story is set in Tijuana.
In October 1964 Dell Publishing got into the act and released a comic book of the film, complete with an inside cover with five black & white stills from the film and this short description of the story: "There is excitement in a boy's life when all his food and every stitch of clothing comes by hard work and cunning. The fun is gone when the stakes are today's supper or tonight's rest. Felipe discovered this early in his young life, long before he met his only real friends, Father Dugan and Mike, his pup. The father knew there was a lot of good in Felipe; what did it matter if he was called ... THE RUNAWAY ....