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.
Brian Keith
as Lue Swank
Phillip Alford
as Jace Landers
Jeff Donnell
as Mrs. Jarkey
Wallace Ford
as Emory Packer
Parley Baer
as Sheriff Rad Toler
Slim Pickens
as Newt Pribble
George Lindsey
as Hermie Chadron
Robert McQuain
as Sud Pribble
Ray Teal
as Justice Mackley
Paul E. Burns
as Bailiff
Barbara Eiler
as Poor Woman
