Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: VHS Tape Brand: Walt Disney EAN: 9786304500644 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC ISBN: 6304500645 Label: Buena Vista Distribution Company Manufacturer: Buena Vista Distribution Company Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Buena Vista Distribution Company Release Date: October 07, 1997 Running Time: 83 minutes Studio: Buena Vista Distribution Company Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1957 Sales Rank: 14310
Amazon.com essential video: There's nothing hip about this vintage Disney film that begins and ends with a corny song about the "best doggone dog in the West." But that's the beauty of Old Yeller, originally released in 1957. The simple, heart-warming story of a boy who bonds with a feisty stray dog in 1860s Texas is full of 1950s sensibilities: A Donna Reed-style perfect "Momma" (Dorothy McGuire) who knows best, a couple of brothers who quarrel in the best sitcom tradition, and a father (Fess Parker, in a small role) who goes off to provide for his family, leaving his older boy (Tommy Kirk) in charge and his incredibly cute younger one (Kevin Corcoran) to steal as many scenes in the movie as he possibly can. With Old Yeller at his side, Kirk becomes a little man, who in the end must make a decision so heart-breaking that it's one of filmdom's most memorable moments. --Valerie J. Nelson
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Rating: - WASN'T IMPRESSED
This movie hit the theaters on Christmas Day in 1957 starring Dorothy McGuire as Katie Coates, Fess Parker as Jim Coates and Jeff York as Bud Searcy. Based on the novel by Fred Gipson, Old Yeller is set ... Read More
Rating: - You can't afford to waste the good part frettin' about the bad. That makes it all bad.
When I watched Old Yeller a few years ago, I had not seen it for many years. I had completely forgotten how powerful it was and was completely blown away by it's brilliance! One of Disney's finest! This ... Read More
Rating: - The Classic Tear-Jerker
Shortly after Jim Coates leaves his wife and two young sons alone on their Texas frontier homestead to go on a cattle drive, the family takes in a large, thieving, stray, yellow dog as pet and protector. ... Read More
Rating: - Will Always remain a classic
I fell in love with this movie many years ago as a kid, and it still remains a treasured classic in my heart. This movie embodied more than just the heart-warming love between a boy and his dog who've been ... Read More
Rating: - Best Doggone Dog in the West
Life was tough in the old west. There were wild critters, Native Americans (annoyed that someone was taking their land, again), insufficient rain, the lecherous fat guy looking to mooch your food, and hydrophoby ... Read More
- WASN'T IMPRESSED
- You can't afford to waste the good part frettin' about the bad. That makes it all bad.