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, James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Jack Ging, Lonny Chapman, Jill Clark, Jeanna Wilson, Bill Thurman, Bill Dunbar, Rex Corley, John Lindsey, Garland McKinney
Crew: Norman Tokar (Director), Douglas C. Stewart (Screenplay), Eleanor Lamb (Screenplay), Wilson Rawls (Novel), Lyman Dayton (Producer)