Drama / Family
USA,
1974, 97 min
Plots(1)
Billy Coleman, a boy growing up in the Ozarks of Oklahoma, is desperate for his own hunting dogs. He scrimps and saves to make his dream a reality, and his investment pays off when he and his dogs Old Dan and Lil' Ann win the top prize at the annual raccoon hunting contest! (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![James Whitmore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269274_66e7c6.jpg)
James Whitmore
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Beverly Garland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270726_10e65d.jpg)
Beverly Garland
USA
Best movies:
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
![Jack Ging](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/063/138/63138180_055ac4.jpg)
Jack Ging
USA
Best movies:
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
![Lonny Chapman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576460_62098b.jpg)
Lonny Chapman
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
The Birds (1963)
![Bill Thurman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000490_b8d980.jpg)
Bill Thurman
USA
Best movies:
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Long Hot Summer (1985) (TV movie)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Stewart Petersen
USA
Best movies:
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
Seven Alone (1974)