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The Yearling
The Yearling
6.7
/10
99 Ratings

THE YEARLING

Directed by Clarence Brown
United States, 1946
Drama, Family

Synopsis

Set in post-Civil War Florida. Claude Jarman Jr. plays Jody, the lonely son of just-getting-by farmers Pa and Ma Baxter. With all of his siblings dead and buried, Jody yearns to have a pet of some sort. Sadly, Pa tells Jody that he must kill the yearling before all their crops are destroyed.

Synopsis

Set in post-Civil War Florida. Claude Jarman Jr. plays Jody, the lonely son of just-getting-by farmers Pa and Ma Baxter. With all of his siblings dead and buried, Jody yearns to have a pet of some sort. Sadly, Pa tells Jody that he must kill the yearling before all their crops are destroyed.