Old Yeller
(1957)
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Writer:
Fred Gipson, William Tunberg
Cast:
Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker
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.