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7.5/10   2,086 votes
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Release Date:
May 1947 (USA) more
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Tagline:
THRILLS! DRAMA! HEART-THROBS! (reissue print ad - all caps)
Plot:
Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves ? full summary | add synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 5 nominations more
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Visually beautiful family film with a big heart more (54 total)

Cast

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Gregory Peck ... Ezra 'Penny' Baxter

Jane Wyman ... Orry Baxter
Claude Jarman Jr. ... Jody
Chill Wills ... Buck Forrester
Clem Bevans ... Pa Forrester
Margaret Wycherly ... Ma Forrester
Henry Travers ... Mr. Boyles
Forrest Tucker ... Lem Forrester
Donn Gift ... Fodderwing
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Additional Details

Runtime:
128 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | South Korea:All | USA:Approved (certificate #11549) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1971) | Canada:PG (video rating) | West Germany:6 (nf) | Finland:K-10

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"The Yearling" author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' own Cross Creek homestead - where she had written the novel - was used for filming some of the location scenes in the movie. more
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Continuity: When the bear and dogs are fighting, some footage is shown twice, but from a different angle. more
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Featured in 10 Items or Less (2006) more

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Why does Jody name his fawn "Flag"?
Why was Orry so hostile to Jody?
Is Flag a doe or a buck?
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17 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Visually beautiful family film with a big heart, 7 April 2002
8/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Rightfully considered to be one of the premiere family films of all time, this is a handsome adaptation of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings book about a Florida farm family surviving day-to-day hardships. Superbly directed by Clarence Brown, who brings the same "children's book" ambiance to the project as he did with "National Velvet". Well-acted and stunningly photographed on location (by Leonard Smith and Charles Rosher, who won Oscars). Young Claude Jarman, Jr. becomes attached to a troublesome baby deer, and his teary devotion is quite heart-rending. Some of the dialogue is fearsome, and, yes, it's a corny picture in an old-fashioned vein, however it is certainly worth-seeing, even for cynics. *** from ****

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