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Director:
Norman Tokar
Writers:
Eleanor Lamb (writer)
Wilson Rawls (novel)
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Release Date:
21 June 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Family more
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
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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 more

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

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why I was in the picture, 15 February 2008
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Author: rstelf from United States

The 1974 version of "Where the Red Fern Grows" was shot in Tahlequah, OK at the time I was director of Theatre Tulsa, not far away. Norman Tokar, Director, came to me and asked if I would help find local children to be in the film, and I had about 200 of them sitting in my theater the next Sat. for him to choose from. He picked the two young girls from that bunch. As a gesture of appreciation, Norman gave me the role in the film that he had intended to play, himself -- the Stationmaster. Lyman Dayton, the producer, decided he'd make a new version some 25 or 30 years later, and he called me to ask if I'd reprise my role as Stationmaster in this new filming. I said, "Yes." It turned out that I was the only member of the original cast who repriced his role. There's a lot more to this story, but that'll suffice for now. Bob Telford

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