Stone Fox (film)

This article is about the film. For other uses, see Stone Fox.

Stone Fox
Poster.
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions Allarcom Limited
Distributor	Worldvision Enterprises
Release date	March 30, 1987
Run time	1:33:02
Starring	Buddy Ebson Joey Cramer Belinda Montgomery Gordon Tootoosis O.J.
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph R. Barbera Harry R. Sherman
Producer(s)	James Anthony Allard Peter J. Thompson
Music composed by	Peter Matz Allyn Ferguson
Screenplay by	Walter Hasley Davis
Director(s)	Harvey Hart
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Stone Fox is a 1987 live-action drama TV film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Allarcom Limited, based on the 1980 book of the same written by John Reynolds Gardiner. It aired on March 30, 1987 on NBC. It was written by Walter Hasley Davis, produced by James Anthony Allard, and directed by Harvey Hart.

With winter jeopardizing his's cattle ranch and his grandfather recovering from a recent stroke, young Willy enters the national dog sled race with just his one trusted dog, Morgan. But he was tough competition from the feared Stone Fox, whose only it for several minutes despite sharing the film's name.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Willy Davies	Joey Cramer
Grandpa	Buddy Ebsen
Morgan	O.J.
Uncle Silas
Doc Smith	Belinda Montgomery
Willy's mother
Willy's father
Carson	Jerry Wasserman
Mrs. Janssen	Unavailable
Emil Janssen	Frank C. Turner
Mr. Lester	Dale Wilson
Toothless	Franklin Johnson
Orrin	Jason Michas
Nase	Jason Dacks
Sara Foster	Nikky Jansen
Miss Williams	Sherry Wells
Mr. Foster	Charles Siegel
Bank teller	Unavailable
Mayor	J.C. (Jim) Roberts
Mr. Johnson	Larry Musser
Mrs. Foster	Unavailable
Puppy	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Wyoming
      • Red Creek
        • Grandpa's residence
        • Doc Smith's residence
        • Carson's Stock Yards
        • Lester's General Store
        • School
        • Wyoming Stage Bank
        • Ross Bros. Hardware
        • Acme Meat Market
        • Mr. Johnson's pharmacy
    • Colorado (indirectly mentioned)
      • Denver (mentioned)
    • Utah (mentioned)
    • Arizona (mentioned)
  • Canada (indirectly mentioned)
    • Alberta (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Nothing of importance

Vehicles

• Nothing of importance

Production

Filming

Filming took place in Chagrin Falls and Hudson in Ohio.

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Peter Matz and Allyn Ferguson. The music editor was Kenneth Hall.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 30, 1987 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• Willy's surname is on the check given to him by Carson.
• Mr. Foster is uncredited.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • 198?: Worldvision Home Video releases Stone Fox on VHS.
• In Australia:
  • 198?: CIC-Taft Video releases Stone Fox on VHS.