Where the Red Fern Grows poster

Movie · 2003

Where the Red Fern Grows

Released 3 May 2003 More from 2003 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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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How old were they?

Oldest first
Dabney Coleman
as Grandpa
71
Kris Kristofferson
as Older Billy Coleman
66
Ned Beatty
as Sheriff Abe McConnell
65
Joseph Ashton
as Billy Coleman
16
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
55years between the oldest and youngest billed
71Dabney Coleman — oldest on the call sheet
16Joseph Ashton — youngest billed
55average age of the credited cast
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