Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)

James Whitmore: Grandpa

Quotes 

• Billy : I couldn't come home, mama. My dogs had a coon up this tree.

  Grandpa : Well, he sure picked a big sycamore.

  Billy : Biggest one in the whole river bottom.

  Grandpa : That's all right. The bigger they come, the harder they fall.

  Father : Well, there's no sense chopping down a tree like this, just for one coon. Come on, Billy, we gotta go.

  Billy : I can't, papa.

  Father : Why not?

  Billy : I made a bargain with my dogs. I told them if they'd put one up a tree, I'd do the rest. They did their part, it's up to me to do mine.

  Mother : Well you're quitting, and that's that, so come on. Let's go. Billy, do I have to whip you on top of all the punishment you already brought on yourself? Do I?

  Billy : Yes, ma'am.

  Father : A man can't keep his word, Jenny, he's not much good. Especially to himself.

  Grandpa : I say amen to that, Jenny.