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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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
Director
Robert Stevenson
Screenplay
Fred Gipson
Tagline
"All the heart, all the excitement of a great frontier adventure!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$21,909,000
Production
Walt Disney Productions
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