Movie
Where the Red Fern Grows
Overview
Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-06-21
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Doty-Dayton Production
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Stewart Petersen as Billy Colman
- James Whitmore as Grandpa
- Beverly Garland as Mother
- Jack Ging as Father
- Lonny Chapman as Sheriff
- Jill Clark as Alice
- Jeanna Wilson as Sara
- Bill Thurman as Sam Bellington
- Bill Dunbar as Ben Kyle
- Rex Corley as Rubin Pritchard
- John Lindsey as Rainie Pritchard
- Garland McKinney as Mr. Pritchard
Crew
- Norman Tokar - Director
- Douglas C. Stewart - Screenplay
- Eleanor Lamb - Screenplay
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