Old Yeller (1957)
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Tagline:
« A motion picture to remember with glowing pleasure! »
Actors:
Katie Coates
Jim Coates
Bud Searcy
Burn Sanderson
Lisbeth Searcy
Rating:
(16’803 votes)
(16’803 votes)
Quotes:
« Jim Coates: Now and then, for no good reason a man can figure out, life will just haul off and knock him flat.
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[Travis has asked how he can tell if a creature has hydrophobia]
« Burn Sanderson: You can't hardly tell at first, not till they get to the point of slobbering and staggering around. When you see a critter in that fix, you know for sure. But you want to watch for others that ain't that far along. Now, you take a bobcat or a fox. You know they'll run if you give 'em the chance. But when one don't run, or maybe makes fight at you, why, you shoot him and shoot him quick. After he's bitten you, it's too late.
»
[Old Yeller has contracted hydrophobia and must be put down; Katie brings out the gun]
« Travis Coates: No, Mama!
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« Katie Coates: There's no hope for him now, Travis. He's suffering. You know we've got to do it.
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« Travis Coates: Yes, Mama. But he was my dog. I'll do it.
»
Trailer:
Old Yeller
Runtime:83 minutes
Plots:
In 1860s Texas, a stray yellow dog proves his worth to a frontier family, especially bonding with their teenage son who must help manage their homestead while his father works a cattle drive.
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 1860’s. A yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, and Travis reluctantly adopts the dog. After a series of scrapes involving racoons, snakes, bears, wild hogs and wolves, Travis grows to love and respect Old Yeller, who comes to have a profound effect on the boy’s life.
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