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Film 1957 84 min

Old Yeller

“All the heart, all the excitement of a great frontier adventure!”

TMDB Rating ★ 6.9
Votes 313
Director Robert Stevenson
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Adventure Drama Family Western
The Story

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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Cast & Characters

Tommy Kirk

Tommy Kirk

Travis Coates
Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire

Katie Coates
Fess Parker

Fess Parker

Jim Coates
Kevin Corcoran

Kevin Corcoran

Arliss Coates
Jeff York

Jeff York

Bud Searcy
Beverly Washburn

Beverly Washburn

Lisbeth Searcy
Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors

Sanderson
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