80 Steps to Jonah is a 1969 American drama film directed by Gerd Oswald, written by Frederick Louis Fox, and starring Wayne Newton, Jo Van Fleet, Keenan Wynn, Diana Ewing, Mickey Rooney and Sal Mineo.

[1][2] Mark Jonah Winters is a migrant worker who hitches a ride with Jerry Taggart.

He is accused of car theft and, since he believes he cannot prove his innocence, he flees before he can be arrested.

Jonah begins working at the camp, and gains the trust of the children, whom he can relate to because he had been orphaned as a child.

Nonna sees a photo of Jonah in the newspaper and, though she knows he is wanted by the police, does not turn him in.