Where the Red Fern Grows

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Stewart Petersen

Billy Colman

James Whitmore

Grandpa

Beverly Garland

Mother

Jack Ging

Father

Lonny Chapman

Sheriff

JC