The Light in the Forest

"A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in with the people he was taught to hate."

Cast

Fess Parker

as Del Hardy

Wendell Corey

as Wilse Owens

Joanne Dru

as Milly Elder

James MacArthur

as Johnny Butler / True Son

Jessica Tandy

as Myra Butler

John McIntire

as John Elder

Joseph Calleia

as Chief Cuyloga

Carol Lynley

as Shenandoe

Rafael Campos

as Half Arrow

Frank Ferguson

as Harry Butler

Dean Fredericks

as Niskitoon

Marian Seldes

as Kate Owens

Stephen Bekassy

as Col. Henry Bouquet

Sam Buffington

as George Owens

Iron Eyes Cody

as Cuyloga's Counsellor

Myrna Fahey

as Hannah Moore

Crew

Lawrence Edward Watkin

Screenplay

Conrad Richter

Novel

Ellsworth Fredericks

Director of Photography

Stanley E. Johnson

Editor

Walt Disney

Producer

Paul J. Smith

Original Music Composer

Herschel Daugherty

Director

Jack Colconda

Property Master