SINOPSIS
After the American Civil War, a rebel soldier and his wife become pioneer farmers in Florida. Their son Jody is 11 years old; he gets along well with his warm and affectionate pa, but his ma is haunted by the death of her other children, so she's somber, even cold. The boy wants a pet: the dad is sympathetic, the mom obdurate. When a rattler bites pa, pa kills a doe to use its organs to draw out the poison. Jody begs to keep the doe's fawn as a pet. The parents agree, and the boy and the deer are soon inseparable. The fawn grows quickly, and as a yearling tramples tobacco shoots and eats the newly-sprouted corn. This is too much for ma, and Jody has to face harsh, adult realities.
- Gregory PeckPenny Baxter
- Jane WymanOrry Baxter
- Claude Jarman Jr.Jody Baxter
- Chill WillsBuck Forrester
- Clem BevansPa Forrester
- Margaret WycherlyMa Forrester
- Henry TraversMr. Boyles
- Forrest TuckerLem Forrester
- Donn GiftFodderwing
- Frank EldredgeDeckhand
- Jane GreenMrs. Saunders
- Arthur HohlArch Forrester
- Victor KilianCaptain
- June LockhartTwink Weatherby
- George MannPack Forrester
- Robert PorterfieldMate
- Houseley StevensonMr. Ranger
- Joan WellsEulalie Boyles
- Dan WhiteMillwheel Forrester
- Matt WillisGabby Forrester
- Chick YorkDoc Wilson
- Jeff YorkOliver Hutto