Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
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- gravecomic
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Cast
- Joseph AshtonBilly Coleman
- Dave MatthewsWill Coleman
- Renee FaiaJenny Coleman
- Mac DavisBellington
- Kris KristoffersonOlder Billy Coleman
- Ned BeattySheriff Abe McConnell
- Dabney ColemanGrandpa
- Gary AnsonBully Wendell
- Orvel BaldridgeMr. Pritchard
- Andrew DickisonRainie Pritchard
Crew
- Lyman DaytonDirector
- Sam PillsburyDirector
- Eleanor LambWriter
- Douglas C. StewartWriter
- Lyman DaytonWriter
- Wilson RawlsNovel
- Jeff CardoniOriginal Music Composer
- Paul TrejoEditor
- Shelley MonsonProducer
- Jay NewmanProducer
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