Where the Red Fern Grows

Jun 21, 1974

1h 37m

★ 6.8

Glory and victory were theirs, but sadness waited too! And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found...

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.

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Doty-Dayton Production

Where the Red Fern Grows Trailers

Cast

Billy Colman

Stewart Petersen

Grandpa

James Whitmore

Mother

Beverly Garland

Father

Jack Ging

Sheriff

Lonny Chapman

Alice

Jill Clark

Sara

Jeanna Wilson

Sam Bellington

Bill Thurman

Ben Kyle

Bill Dunbar

Rubin Pritchard

Rex Corley

Rainie Pritchard

John Lindsey

Mr. Pritchard

Garland McKinney

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