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The Yearling (Original title)
Date: 1946 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Clarence Brown

Production company billing: ©1946. Loew's Incorporated Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents produced by Loew's Incorporated a Clarence Brown production MPAA: 11549 [tbc] [1.37:1]
Synopsis: The young son of poor farmers makes friends with a fawn, but loses it when it grows and eats the corn and has to be shot. The boy's childhood is over.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: November 1946Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 127 mins Length: 11458 FeetLanguage: English
Date: May 1947Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 128 mins Language: English

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 11412 FeetStock date: 1947Stock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-198618
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)