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Old Yeller(1957)
Status: Released
Date: 1957-12-25
69%
275 Votes
Time: 1h 24m
All the heart, all the excitement of a great frontier adventure!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $21,909,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Old Yeller
Top 8 Billed 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
Spike
Old Yeller
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1957-12-25
Average
6.9
Rating:
3.5 startsTagline
All the heart, all the excitement of a great frontier adventure!
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