The Yearling (1946 film)
| The Yearling | |
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Theatrical release poster designed by Douglass Crockwell (November 1946) | |
| Directed by | Clarence Brown |
| Screenplay by | Paul Osborn |
| Based on | The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
| Produced by | Sidney Franklin |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Jane Wyman Claude Jarman Jr. |
| Cinematography | Arthur Arling Charles Rosher Leonard Smith |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart arrangement of Frederick Delius's music |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,883,000 |
| Box office | $7,599,000 |
The Yearling is a 1946 American Family Western film directed by Clarence Brown, produced by Sidney Franklin, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The screenplay by Paul Osborn and John Lee Mahin (uncredited) was adapted from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's 1938 novel of the same name. The film stars: Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, Claude Jarman Jr., Chill Wills and Forrest Tucker.
The story follows a boy named Jody, who adopts a trouble-making young deer. The story was later adapted as the 1994 TV film The Yearling starring Peter Strauss and Jean Smart.