Big Red

Name: Big Red
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
Released: 06 Jun 1962
Rating: 5.60
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Émile Genest, Janette Bertrand, Georges Bouvier

Wealthy sportsman James Haggin (Walter Pidgeon) lives on a Quebec estate called Wintapi. Émile Fornet (Émile Genest), handler of Haggin's hunting dogs, and Émile's wife Therese (Janette Bertrand), Haggin's cook and housekeeper, live in a separate house on the estate. To start a line of top show dogs, Haggin purchases the winner of the Montreal Kennel Club show, an Irish setter named Red.

Year: 1962

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family

Studio: Walt Disney Productions, Cangary

Director: Norman Tokar

Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Émile Genest, Janette Bertrand, Georges Bouvier, Doris Lussier

Crew: Norman Tokar (Director), Oliver Wallace (Music), Louis Pelletier (Screenplay), Grant K. Smith (Editor), Edward Colman (Cinematography), Jim Kjelgaard (Novel)

Runtime: 89 minutes

Release: Jun 06, 1962

IMDb: 5.60/10 by 18 users

Popularity: 2

Country: Canada, United States of America

Language: English, Deutsch

Budget: 0

Revenue: 0

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r96sk 2021, Jan 27

It holds some charm, but 'Big Red' is mostly average. Gilles Payant gives a likeable, if wooden, performance as Rene, while Walter Pidgeon adds a touch of elegance to the film as James. Émile Genest and Janette Bertrand are alright, too. The cast I actually like, it's just the plot and how it is told that hampers the film for me. The onscreen dogs are adorable and their story ends in a cutesy manner, but there's not much more to enjoy past that. It's a very basic premise which is revealed in a very basic way. Nothing necessarily bad, but nothing all that good either. Forgettable, in a word.