Plot
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.
Cast
Tommy Kirk
Travis Coates
Dorothy McGuire
Katie Coates
Fess Parker
Jim Coates
Kevin Corcoran
Arliss Coates
Jeff York
Bud Searcy
Beverly Washburn
Lisbeth Searcy
Chuck Connors
Sanderson
Crew
Robert Stevenson
Director
Fred Gipson
Screenplay
William Tunberg
Screenplay
Charles P. Boyle
Director of Photography
Will Schaefer
Original Music Composer
Walt Disney
Producer
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