Red Fern Grows / Pony Express

First, in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of the '30s, a young boy and his grandfather purchase a pair of hunting dogs and train them for a state coonhunting competition in "Where the Red Fern Grows." Wonderful family drama, based on the novel by Wilson Rawls, stars James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, and Stewart Peterson and features songs performed by Andy Williams. Then, a young cowpoke is on a quest to track the sidewinder who shot down his pa...and he signs up with the trail-bustin' couriers in order to get a lead on his prey! Gun-slinging adventure abounds in "Pony Express Rider" with Slim Pickens, Jack Elam, Buck Taylor, and Maureen McCormick. 198 min. total on two discs. Soundtrack: English.