
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.
Top Billed Cast

Stewart Petersen
Billy Colman

James Whitmore
Grandpa

Beverly Garland
Mother

Jack Ging
Father

Lonny Chapman
Sheriff
Featured Crew

Norman Tokar
Director
Eleanor Lamb
Screenplay
Bob Bring
Editor
Anna Sugano
Makeup Artist
Douglas C. Stewart
Screenplay
Jim McCullough Sr.
Associate Producer

Lex de Azevedo
Original Music Composer
Lyman Dayton
Producer
Michael Devine
Production Design
Wilson Rawls
Novel
George Ellis Doty
Executive Producer

Dean Cundey
Director of Photography