Trying to figure out this movie

[Anonymous User]

Probably no one on here knows what this is, and I don't even know what genre of movie it is, but it's one that I saw when I was a kid on tv and have been trying to figure out what it was.  I only remember two scenes.  In one, an old man, kind of a tramp, and a boy are climbing a ladder and the boy is having trouble climbing it and the man gives him his gloves to wear, only when the boy puts them on, he has even more trouble, and then he slips and falls.  It had kind of a weird, dream sequence kind of feel to it.  In the other scene, a boy, possibly the same one, is outside on this hill, and looks down and there is a black spot on him, like he has the plague or something.  I've looked online for this but can't figure it out.  Probably some made for tv movie or something dumb, no doubt.

[Yaddo 42]

Could it be "The Earthling" with Ricky Schroder and William Holden?