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Old Yeller

1957 · 84 min

A warm, earnest frontier tale that slowly tightens toward a heartbreaking, unforgettable loss.

Tagline
All the heart, all the excitement of a great frontier adventure!
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.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • grief
  • love
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama, family, western
Directed by
Robert Stevenson
Written by
Fred Gipson, William Tunberg
Starring
Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, Beverly Washburn, Chuck Connors
Music
Will Schaefer
Cinematography
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Runtime
84 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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