Salty is an American family comedy-drama film directed by Ricou Browning in his feature-length directorial debut.

They hitch a ride with Clancy, an animal trader traveling by school bus to the same park, and along the way, Tim bonds with the friendly sea lion Salty.

We were publicizing it and traveling with a Winnebago that we made for the sea lion to live in, and going to TV stations and so forth.

So I finally had to get the PR people to scratch that off, so I could talk about the film we just made [laughs]!

Julius Harris and Mark Slade reprised their roles, but Clint Howard, who plays Tim Reed in the film, was replaced by Johnny Doran for the TV series.