Amazon.com video review:
Child actor Claude Jarman Jr. won a Special Oscar for his lead
performance as the boy hero of
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings'
novel, which concerns a lad's love of a fawn in the post-Civil War
era. Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman are memorable as his parents, their
emotions divided in the aftermath of so much tragedy and their lives
affected by the boy's passion for his yearling. Clarence Brown
(National Velvet)
directed this 1946 heartbreaker, which will not leave a dry eye in the
room. A handsome, leisurely drama at more than two hours, shorter
versions simply don't cut it. --Tom Keogh
