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Bristle Face

Movie·1964·Drama, Family, TV Movie·1h 32m·Directed by Bob Sweeney

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In the rolling, wooded hills of Tennessee in the 1920s, a 14-year-old orphan, Jace, comes to town with his hound dog and tries to teach him to hunt. Bristle Face is unskilled, but he shows remarkable ability in tracking down foxes. Jace stays with a kindly shopkeeper who defends the boy and Bristle Face against the sheriff whom they have angered.

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Brian KeithBrian KeithLue SwankPhillip AlfordPhillip AlfordJace LandersJeff DonnellJeff DonnellMrs. JarkeyWallace FordWallace FordEmory PackerParley BaerParley BaerSheriff Rad TolerSlim PickensSlim PickensNewt PribbleGeorge LindseyGeorge LindseyHermie ChadronRobert McQuainRobert McQuainSud Pribble

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