Old Yeller

1957 · directed by Robert Stevenson

Rating

79/100

Hit

no

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.

Old Yeller (1957), directed by Robert Stevenson, rates 79/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Tommy Kirk
• Dorothy McGuire
• Fess Parker
• Kevin Corcoran
• Jeff York
• Beverly Washburn
• Chuck Connors

Crew

• Charles P. Boyle — Director of Photography
• Stanley E. Johnson — Editor
• Will Schaefer — Original Music Composer
• Fred Gipson — Screenplay
• William Tunberg — Screenplay

More from Robert Stevenson

1. Mary Poppins (1964) — 83/100 · hit
2. Jane Eyre (1943) — 83/100 · hit
3. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) — 77/100
4. That Darn Cat! (1965) — 73/100
5. Son of Flubber (1963) — 72/100
6. Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) — 71/100

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