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| Gregory Peck | ... | Penny Baxter | |
| Jane Wyman | ... | Orry Baxter | |
| Claude Jarman Jr. | ... | Jody Baxter | |
| 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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The family of Civil War veteran Penny Baxter, who lives and works on a farm in Florida with his wife, Orry, and their son, Jody. The only surviving child of the family, Jody longs for companionship and unexpectedly finds it in the form of an orphaned fawn. While Penny is supportive of his son's four-legged friend, Orry is not, leading to heartbreaking conflict. Written by Jwelch5742
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May 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA See more »Edit
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Claude Jarman Jr. was chosen from over 19,000 boys to play Jody. The factor which won him the role was his long hair. Jarman had been busy with school work and hadn't had a haircut in several months, which made producer Sidney Franklin think that he looked the part of a Florida farm boy. See more »Goofs
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Penny Baxter: [on the ocasion of the buryal of Fodderwing] Oh Lord. Almighty God. It ain't for us ignorant mortals to say what's right and what's wrong. Was any one of us to be doin' of it, we'd not of bring this poor boy into the world a cripple, and his mind teched. We'd of bring him in straight and tall like his brothers, fitten to live and work and do. But in a way o' speakin', Lord, you done made it up to him. You give him a way with the wild creatures. You give him a sort of wisdom, made him knowin' and...See more »
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I first viewed the 94 version of this movie and loved it so much that I had to see the original. A couple years have passed and I viewed this version in it's entirety and loved every moment! I then tried to watch the 94 version a couple hours later and found that it upset me. I will not say why now (because this comment is about this movie). Just bugs me that Hollywood today believes that people don't care about family life!!! I want to make a statement about this movie, and that is that it is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!