Charming story about Missouri farmer Spring Davis (Lionel Barrymore) who has a beloved foxhound named Bugle Ann. When anti-social neighbor Jacob Terry (Dudley Digges) decides to put up barbed wire to prevent the foxhounds from running on his property, it creates bad blood between the two old men. Eventually the conflict leads to bloodshed. To add to the drama, Davis' son (Eric Linden) and Terry's daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) fall in love.
Sentimental drama, a bit of a tearjerker at times, carried largely by Barrymore in a characteristically likable turn. Dudley Digges is also good in a completely different way as a totally hissable villain whose only redeeming quality is that his daughter is played by the adorable Maureen O'Sullivan. Weak-voiced Eric Linden does a decent job. Also fine in supporting roles are Spring Byington and Charley Grapewin. It's a very entertaining movie. Some of the revelations late in the movie are eye roll-worthy but this isn't the type of film you watch for the plot. I can't imagine any fans of Barrymore not liking this one.
Sentimental drama, a bit of a tearjerker at times, carried largely by Barrymore in a characteristically likable turn. Dudley Digges is also good in a completely different way as a totally hissable villain whose only redeeming quality is that his daughter is played by the adorable Maureen O'Sullivan. Weak-voiced Eric Linden does a decent job. Also fine in supporting roles are Spring Byington and Charley Grapewin. It's a very entertaining movie. Some of the revelations late in the movie are eye roll-worthy but this isn't the type of film you watch for the plot. I can't imagine any fans of Barrymore not liking this one.