Big Red

6/6/19621h 29m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

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.

Director:

Norman Tokar

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

Cast

Walter Pidgeon

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James Haggin

Gilles Payant

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Rene Dumont

Émile Genest

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Emile Fornet

Janette Bertrand

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Therese Fornet

Georges Bouvier

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Baggageman

Doris Lussier

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Farmer Mariot

Rolland Bédard

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Conductor

Teddy Burns Goulet

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Engineer

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 4 year(s) ago
6
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.