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Old Yeller
“All the heart, all the excitement of a great frontier adventure!”
6.9 / 10• 1957• 1h 24m•G• English
AdventureDramaFamilyWestern
Storyline
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog.
Cast & Crew
Tommy Kirk
Travis Coates
Lead
Dorothy McGuire
Katie Coates
Fess Parker
Jim Coates
Kevin Corcoran
Arliss Coates
Jeff York
Bud Searcy
Beverly Washburn
Lisbeth Searcy
Chuck Connors
Sanderson
Spike
Old Yeller
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Stevenson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Old Yeller is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
