Where the Red Fern Grows
6.9
“Glory and victory were theirs, but sadness waited too! And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found...”
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.
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Cast
12 people
Stewart Petersen
Billy Colman
Also in
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Pony Express Rider
James Whitmore
Grandpa
Known for
The Shawshank Redemption
Planet of the Apes
Beverly Garland
Mother
Known for
The Alligator People
D.O.A.
Jack Ging
Father
Known for
High Plains Drifter
Riptide
Lonny Chapman
Sheriff
Known for
The Birds
Take the Money and Run
Jill Clark
Alice
Jeanna Wilson
Sara
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Bill Thurman
Sam Bellington
Known for
The Last Picture Show
Mountaintop Motel Massacre
Bill Dunbar
Ben Kyle
Also in
Decadence
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Rex Corley
Rubin Pritchard
Also in
The Secret of the Pond
John Lindsey
Rainie Pritchard
Garland McKinney
Mr. Pritchard
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Norman Tokar Director · Eleanor Lamb Screenplay Douglas C. Stewart Screenplay
United States release June 21, 1974 · Produced in United States
Production
Doty-Dayton Production
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 21, 1974
Theatrical
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