Like many pictures, this film seems very good but on second thought plot holes appear. The boy forgot his annual bus ticket and didn't have any money so he had to walk home - a four-mile walk. It rained when the boy was on his way home - why isn't he wet when he arrives home? Why does the boy hide from father when his father goes out to look for him? The next day he starts riding the bus again with the same conductor who supposedly wouldn't let him on without his annual pass. Since the conductor can't remember refusing a ride to the boy, the bus line holds a line up so the boy can identify the conductor at fault. But the boy just rode home on the bus with the conductor under suspicion and has been doing so for days. The idea that a lineup would enable the boy to identify the conductor just doesn't make sense. The conductor becomes depressed over the fact that the word of a 10-year-old boy is being taken over his. He goes to a railroad bridge - supposedly to commit suicide - sees a dog on the tracks and goes to rescue the dog. He falls down an embankment, becomes disoriented and ends up getting run over by a train. The manner of the conductor's death has nothing to do with the plot of the film. In sum, this film is based on a good idea but the screenplay just isn't well thought out.
