Where the Red Fern Grows

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

Stewart Petersen

Billy Colman

James Whitmore

Grandpa

Beverly Garland

Mother

Jack Ging

Father

Lonny Chapman

Sheriff

J

Jill Clark

Alice

J

Jeanna Wilson

Sara

Bill Thurman

Sam Bellington

B

Bill Dunbar

Ben Kyle

R

Rex Corley

Rubin Pritchard