Old Yeller (1957)

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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.

• Released: 1957-12-25
• Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
• Runtime: 1h 24m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 313 votes

Directed by Robert Stevenson.

Top cast

• Tommy Kirk as Travis Coates
• Dorothy McGuire as Katie Coates
• Fess Parker as Jim Coates
• Kevin Corcoran as Arliss Coates
• Jeff York as Bud Searcy
• Beverly Washburn as Lisbeth Searcy
• Chuck Connors as Sanderson

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Old Yeller

• United States: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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