The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 94% of the 143 1950s adventure movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic84/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
313 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert StevensonDirector
- Fred GipsonScreenplay
- William TunbergScreenplay
- Will SchaeferOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tommy KirkTravis Coates
- Dorothy McGuireKatie Coates
- Fess ParkerJim Coates
- Kevin CorcoranArliss Coates
- Jeff YorkBud Searcy
- Beverly WashburnLisbeth Searcy
- Chuck ConnorsSanderson
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Themes
texasranchdogcattleboy and dogcattle ranch19th centurypetsdistressing
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