Walter PidgeonJames Haggin
Gilles PayantRene Dumont
Émile GenestEmile Fornet
Janette BertrandTherese Fornet
Rolland BédardConductorWhy it may be worth watching
- Big Red combines Action and Adventure elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Émile Genest.
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Big Red
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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Best suited to viewers looking for Action, Adventure, Drama. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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r96skExternal review ·
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, 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 …
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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, 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.
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