Where the Red Fern Grows (1974 film)

Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1974 drama film about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs. Directed by Norman Tokar. Written by Douglas C. Stewart and Eleanor Lamb, based on the novel by Wilson Rawls. A Boy's Greatest Adventure Begins...taglines Dialogue Mother: Billy Coleman! ( gasps ) Billy: Grandpa says in New England, everyone's going crazy over coon skin coats. Father: Is that right? Billy: So we should be gettin' a good price. Father: I'll tell you what. I'll let you have one whole wall of that smokehouse if you think you and them dogs can cover it. Billy: It's not hardly big enough, is it? Father: I'll be looking for a big coon skin on the smokehouse wall in the morning. Billy: I couldn't come home, mama. My dogs had a coon up this tree. Grandpa: Well, he sure picked a big sycamore. Billy: Biggest one in the whole river bottom. Grandpa: That's all right. The bigger they come, the harder they fall. Father: Well, there's no sense chopping down a tree like this, just for one coon. Come on, Billy, we gotta go. Billy: I can't, papa. Father: Why not? Billy: I made a bargain with my dogs. I told them if they'd put one up a tree, I'd do the rest. They did their part, it's up to me to do mine. Mother: Well you're quitting, and that's that, so come on. Let's go. Billy, do I have to whip you on top of all the punishment you already brought on yourself? Do I? Billy: Yes, ma'am. Father: A man can't keep his word, Jenny, he's not much good. Especially to himself. Grandpa: I say amen to that, Jenny. Billy: Little Ann! Little Ann! Little Ann! Father: She's not in the barn, Billy, look in the house. Billy: I've already looked there. Little Ann! ( Ann whispers ) Billy: Oh, Little Ann. ( melancholy music playing ) ( gentle music playing ) ( slow bluegrass music playing ) Taglines A Boy's Greatest Adventure Begins... He Made a Promise And He Kept It! A True Story of a Boy and His Dogs Cast James Whitmore - Grandpa Beverly Garland - Mama Coleman Jack Ging - Papa Coleman Lonny Chapman - Sheriff Stewart Petersen - Billy Coleman Bill Dunbar - Mr. Kyle Marshall Edwards - The Preacher Jill Clark - Alice Jeanna Wilson - Sarah Coleman Rex Corley - Rubin Pritchard John Lindsey - Rainie Pritchard Garland McKinney - Mr. Pritchard Production The film is produced by Lyman Dayton and filmed on location in Oklahoma, including at the waterfall in what is now Natural Falls State Park. External links 0072402 Category:1974 American films Category:American drama films Category:Films about dogs Category:Films based on American novels Category:Films set in Oklahoma Category:Films based on children's books Category:Films directed by Norman Tokar