Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.
Stewart Petersen
as Billy Colman
James Whitmore
as Grandpa
Beverly Garland
as Mother
Jack Ging
as Father
Lonny Chapman
as Sheriff
Jill Clark
as Alice
Jeanna Wilson
as Sara
Bill Thurman
as Sam Bellington
Bill Dunbar
as Ben Kyle
Rex Corley
as Rubin Pritchard
John Lindsey
as Rainie Pritchard
Garland McKinney
as Mr. Pritchard
