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