Old Yeller
“All the heart, all the excitement of a great frontier adventure!”
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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Part of The Old Yeller Collection
2 films
Cast
7 people
Tommy Kirk
Travis Coates
Known for
The Absent-Minded Professor
Swiss Family Robinson
Dorothy McGuire
Katie Coates
Known for
The Spiral Staircase
Swiss Family Robinson
Fess Parker
Jim Coates
Known for
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Hell Is for Heroes
Kevin Corcoran
Arliss Coates
Known for
Swiss Family Robinson
Pollyanna
Jeff York
Bud Searcy
Known for
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Beverly Washburn
Lisbeth Searcy
Known for
Spider Baby
Superman and the Mole Men
Chuck Connors
Sanderson
Known for
Soylent Green
Tourist Trap
Robert Stevenson Director · William Tunberg Screenplay Fred Gipson Screenplay
Worldwide gross $6.2M · Budget $22M · United States release December 25, 1957
Box office
Budget
$21,909,000
Worldwide gross
$6,250,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Walt Disney Productions
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 25, 1957
Theatrical
United States · December 25, 1957
Theatrical · Approvedcertificate #18570, original ratingG1974, certificate #18570, re-rating
Australia
August 7, 1958 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 24, 1959 · Theatrical · IMDB
January 5, 2006 · Physical · Buena Vista
France
October 1, 1958 · Theatrical
Germany
February 3, 1959 · Theatrical
Italy
November 22, 1958 · Theatrical
Japan
March 18, 1959 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 3, 2007 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
August 13, 2021 · Digital
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