The Yearling
(1946)
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Synopsis
Coming-of-age Best Picture nominee is based on Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about impoverished backwoods farmers in 1878 Florida, where the young son takes it upon himself to care for an orphaned fawn, but the animal's wild nature forces the boy to make a most difficult decision. As the lad's parents, Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman were nominated for Best Actor and Actress.
Directors
Clarence Brown, Sidney Franklin, Leonard Smith, Harold F. Kress, Cedric Gibbons, Chester M. Franklin, John Lee Mahin
Production year
1946
Rating
TV-G
Studio
Warner Bros.
Runtime
128 minutes
Cast
Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr., Margaret Wycherly, Chill Wills