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Released
1974 · FILM

Where the Red Fern Grows

Glory and victory were theirs, but sadness waited too! And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found...

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Runtime
97 min
DramaFamily

Synopsis

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 while roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Bob BringShot by Dean CundeyScored by Lex De AzevedoDesigned by Michael Devine

Also known as

  • Wo der rote Farn wächstde
  • Fieles hasta la muertees
  • Modèle:Palette Norman Tokarfr
  • Dove cresce la felce rossait

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