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Big Red

5.7(23)19621h 29m4

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Language
English

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Norman Tokar

Produced in

Canada, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG6 Jun 1962
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical18 Jun 1970
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalPG122 Nov 1962

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Big Red was released on 6 June 1962.

Audience reviews

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  • R

    r96sk

    1/27/2021

    6/10

    It holds some charm, but <em>'Big Red'</em> 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, b…

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