A teenage boy grows to love a stray yellow dog while helping his mother and younger brother run their Texas homestead while their father is away on a cattle drive. First thought to be good-for-nothing mutt, Old Yeller is soon beloved by all.
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Title: Old Yeller (1957)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Dorothy McGuire | ... | Katie Coates | |
| Fess Parker | ... | Jim Coates | |
| Jeff York | ... | Bud Searcy | |
| Chuck Connors | ... | Burn Sanderson | |
| Beverly Washburn | ... | Lisbeth Searcy | |
| Tommy Kirk | ... | Travis Coates | |
| Kevin Corcoran | ... | Arliss Coates | |
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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 1860's. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog. After a series of scrapes involving raccoons, snakes, bears, wild hogs and wolves, Travis grows to love and respect Old Yeller, who comes to have a profound effect on the boy's life. Written by David Mullich <dmullich@aol.com>
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EnglishRelease Date:
22 November 1958 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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$21,909,000Company Credits
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Jim Coates: What horse?
Travis Coates: Now Papa, you know I've been aching all over for a good horse to ride. I've told you time and again.
Jim Coates: What you're needing more than a horse is a good dog.
Travis Coates: Yes sir, but what I'm wanting most is a horse.
Jim Coates: Alright, you act a man's part and I'll bring you a man's horse.
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Lyrics by Hazel George (as Gil George)
Music by Oliver Wallace
Sung by Jerome Courtland
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Goofs
When Travis shoots the gun at the end of the film, the hammer does not move, but the gunshot is heard. See more »Quotes
Travis Coates: Papa, you ain't forgetting the horse.Jim Coates: What horse?
Travis Coates: Now Papa, you know I've been aching all over for a good horse to ride. I've told you time and again.
Jim Coates: What you're needing more than a horse is a good dog.
Travis Coates: Yes sir, but what I'm wanting most is a horse.
Jim Coates: Alright, you act a man's part and I'll bring you a man's horse.
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Alternate Versions
UK versions are cut by 9 secs and remove shots of a cow tripping and hitting the ground. See more »Soundtracks
Old YellerLyrics by Hazel George (as Gil George)
Music by Oliver Wallace
Sung by Jerome Courtland
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This film has a lot of heart, and there's not a phony performance in the entire movie. Fess Parker and Dorothy McGuire are perfect as the down to earth parents, and Tommy Kirk shines as the oldest son trying to become a man. Jeff York, who played Mike Fink in "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates", is funny as a lazy settler who doesn't do a thing. Even Chuck Connors has a fine cameo as the real owner of Old Yeller who gives the dog up to please a child.
Old Yeller still has the power to make me cry, and I've seen it at least 50 times. It's sentimental and pushes all the right buttons, but I still love it.