Old Yeller (1957)
"All the heart, all the excitement of a great frontier adventure!"
ThumbScore
👍 82%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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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
Is Old Yeller good?
Most people think so. 82% audience score, estimated from 315 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 100%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
