The Yearling
- Original title
- The Yearling
- Year
- 1946
- Running time
- 128 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Gregory Peck
- Jane Wyman
- Claude Jarman Jr.
- Chill Wills
- Clem Bevans
- Margaret Wycherly
- Henry Travers
- Forrest Tucker
- Donn Gift
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Family Relationships. Animals
- Synopsis
- Clarence Brown directed this award-winning adaptation of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a poor pioneer family struggling to eke out a living in the Florida backwoods--and the coming of age of a young boy. After the Civil War, the Baxter family struggles to maintain its meager existence in the wake of family tragedy. All the Baxter children--except for 11-year-old Jody (Claude Jarman Jr.)--have died, leaving Ma (Jane Wyman) embittered and cold and Jody exceptionally lonely. Penny Baxter (Gregory Peck) works hard to make his wife and son happy. When a rattlesnake bites Penny, he's forced to kill a deer in order to obtain an antitoxin from its innards. Jody instantly befriends the animal's orphaned fawn, and the two play together in the woods. But as the fawn becomes a yearling, it turns (however unintentionally) destructive, forever breaking into the small garden on which the family depends for food and money. The family is then forced to make a potentially tragic choice. This exceptional family classic was beautifully shot on location in the Florida Everglades and features outstanding lead performances from its award-winning cast.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1946: 2 Oscar: Best Cinematography (color), Art Direction (color). 7 Nominations1946: Golden Globes: Best Actor (Gregory Peck)
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