A movie version, co-starring Don Knotts, was released in 1958, solidifying the stardom of the young Andy Griffith. A year earlier, in 1957, he made his film debut in A Face in the Crowd ...
Opie gets a part-time job in a grocery store, but gives it up because another boy needs employment more. Andy hires a rock-throwing rustic as a school crossing guard and compounds the problem by ...