Big Red

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A wealthy sportsman's decision to hire a backwoods orphan to exercise a champion Irish Setter has unexpected consequences.A wealthy sportsman's decision to hire a backwoods orphan to exercise a champion Irish Setter has unexpected consequences.A wealthy sportsman's decision to hire a backwoods orphan to exercise a champion Irish Setter has unexpected consequences.

Director
- Norman Tokar
Writers
- Jim Kjelgaard
- Louis Pelletier
Stars

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6.3/10

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YOUR RATING

Director
- Norman Tokar
Writers
- Jim Kjelgaard
- Louis Pelletier
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

User reviews10

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Another forgotten Disney great.

Disney seems to show a great many of the films they produced in the 50's and 60's on their cable channel extremely early in the morning 3, 4 am etc. So many of them like Big Red have probably never been seen by the younger generation of today. These movies have never lost their excellent story content. This picture is no exception. Walter Pidgeon delivers a solid performance as a dog owner who cares only for the Irish Setter he has as a potential winner in dog shows and nothing as a pet. A young boy who comes to work for Pidgeon develops a friendship for the dog. Big Reds life is changed but not without some dangerous events. Certainly a must see for any Dog lover and any one who enjoys non animated Disney films.

yenlo
Oct 7, 1999
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Trivia
Big Red is said to be worth $5,000 (Canadian) which would equate to $4,673 at the time or over $39,000 in 2018.

Goofs
When Rene leads Big Red to run into Haggin and Emile for the first time, he had tied his belt around the dog for a collar and leash. After they examine the dog, and Mr. Haggin immediately leads him off, the dog's now properly leashed, and Rene has his belt in his hand, with no cutaway with them replacing the belt.