Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
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.
- Released
- 1974-06-21
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Norman Tokar, Douglas C. Stewart, Eleanor Lamb
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 58 votes
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