Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Norman Tokar

Writers:

Eleanor Lamb (writer)
Wilson Rawls (novel)

Release Date:

21 June 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Tagline:

A True Story of a Boy and His Dogs

Plot:

Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Boy | Fern | Hunting | Friendship

Cast

James Whitmore	...	Grandpa
Beverly Garland	...	Mother
Jack Ging	...	Father
Lonny Chapman	...	Sheriff
Stewart Petersen	...	Billy
Jill Clark	...	Alice
Jeanna Wilson	...	Sara
Bill Thurman	...	Sam Bellington
Bill Dunbar	...	Ben Kyle
Rex Corley	...	Rubin Pritchard
John Lindsey	...	Rainie Pritchard
Garland McKinney	...	Mr. Pritchard
Robert S. Telford	...	Station Master (as Robert Telford)
Charles Seat	...	Carl Brown
Roger Pancake	...	Shopkeeper

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Tahlequah, Oklahoma, USA

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993) (VG)

a really great movie

this movie was very old when my students and i watched it in the fourth grade after reading the novel. The first few minutes go really slow and then about thirty minutes in the movie it starts to get really great. I believe the only thing wrong was that some of the acting was poor. I give this movie a **-out of-*** !!!