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The Light in the Forest

Year:

1958

Duration:

83 min | West Germany:93 min (TV)

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Western

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Herschel Daugherty

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1958-07-08

Filming Locations: Azusa, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

George Keymas

Fess Parker

Del Hardy

Wendell Corey

Wilse Owens

Joanne Dru

Milly Elder

James MacArthur

Johnny Butler / True Son

Jessica Tandy

Myra Butler

John McIntire

John Elder

Joseph Calleia

Chief Cuyloga

Carol Lynley

Shenandoe

Rafael Campos

Half Arrow

Frank Ferguson

Harry Butler

Dean Fredericks

Niskitoon (as Norman Frederic)

Marian Seldes

Kate Owens

Stephen Bekassy

Col. Henry Bouquet

Sam Buffington

George Owens

Robert Anderson

Capt. Grant (uncredited)

Pat Brady

Musician (uncredited)

Gloria Castillo

Regina (uncredited)

Iron Eyes Cody

Cuyloga's Counsellor (uncredited)

Nancy Crawford

Party Guest (uncredited)

Myrna Fahey

Hannah Moore (uncredited)

Dorothy Hack

Indian Girl (uncredited)

Herman Hack

(uncredited)

Kevin Hagen

Fiddler (uncredited)

Kay E. Kuter

Fiddler (uncredited)

Eddie Little Sky

Little Crane

Jack Lorenz

Guard (uncredited)

Noralee Norman

Party Guest (uncredited)

Bernie Sellman

Paddler (uncredited)

Vince St. Cyr

Brave (uncredited)

Harriet Sumner

Settler (uncredited)

Walter Sumner

Guard (uncredited)

Joyce Vanderveen

Little Crane's Wife (uncredited)

Don Washbrook

Party Guest (uncredited)

Will J. White

Leader (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

According to the press-book, the Penomsquat Indians in Oldtown, Maine made a twenty-foot war canoe for the film.The canoe went to Disneyland following production.Walt Disney himself came to the Tennessee location for 3 days. The film's premiere at Harrisburg, PA benefited community charities.

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Carol Lynley's movie debut.

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Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color telecast the film in two parts, on the 12th and on the 19th of November, 1961 as 'True Son' and 'True Son's Revenge'.

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Goofs

In the dance scene, Milly wore a dress. Short sleeves on women's dresses didn't appear until the 1790s, three decades after this film.

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