Old Yeller
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.
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United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
6.9/10
297 votes
Rating consensus
69/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~69/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Tommy Kirk
Travis Coates
Dorothy McGuire
Katie Coates
Fess Parker
Jim Coates
Kevin Corcoran
Arliss Coates
Jeff York
Bud Searcy
Beverly Washburn
Lisbeth Searcy
Chuck Connors
Sanderson
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Old Yeller
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Old Yeller (1957)
Robert Stevenson
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