The feature film starring
Gregory Peck Jane Wyman
Claude Jarman Jr
While his parents struggle to scratch a living from the land they have cleared in the shrub wilderness of the Florida backwoods, young Jody longs for a pet of his very own. This simple story of a boy and his pet fawn is one of the most moving and beautiful films of its kind and earned Claude Jarman Jr an Oscar for his performance as Jody.
Screenplay by PAUL OSBORN based on the novel by MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS Produced by SIDNEY franklin Directed by CLARENCE BROWN Films: page 11