Big Red (film)
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| Directed by | Norman Tokar |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Written by | Jim Kjelgaard (novel) Louis Pelletier |
| Starring | Walter Pidgeon Gilles Payant Émile Genest |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
| Cinematography | Edward Colman |
| Editing by | Grant K. Smith |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 6, 1962 |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Language | English |
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Big Red is a 1962 American family-oriented adventure film from Disney Studios. Based on a 1945 novel by American author Jim Kjelgaard and adapted to the screen by American screenwriter Louis Pelletier, the film starred Walter Pidgeon.
Set in the Canadian province of Quebec, "Big Red" is an Irish Setter that would rather run through the woods than be the perfectly-trained and groomed show dog his sportsman owner (Pidgeon) wants. A ten-year-old orphan boy (Payant) helps look after the dog and rebels against his owner's strict discipline of "Big Red."
Primary cast
- Walter Pidgeon : James Haggin
- Gilles Payant : Rene Dumont
- Émile Genest : Emile Fornet
- Janette Bertrand : Therese Fornet
- Georges Bouvier : Baggageman
- Doris Lussier : Farmer Mariot
Categories
1945 novels | 1962 films | Films based on fiction books | American films | Disney films | Family films | Adventure films | Films about dogs