Which is the plot of Old Yeller, a 1957 Walt Disney Productions feature film?”
The Coates family consists of father Jim (Fess Parker), mother Katie (Dorothy McGuire), older son Travis (Tommy Kirk) and a younger son Arliss (Kevin Corcoran). The family is so poor the children have never seen a dollar bill, other than worthless Confederate dollars. While Jim is away on a cattle drive, a scruffy “Old Yeller” Blackmouth Cur mix visits the family uninvited and scares their mule, causing it to knock down a fence. Travis unsuccessfully tries to shoo him off, while his younger brother Arliss takes a liking to and bitterly defends him against Travis. Travis eventually accepts the dog and a profound bond grows between the two. Still Old Yeller’s history of stealing food from others has caused him a bad reputation and the family’s neighbor’s daughter, Lizbeth Searcy, says she hopes he does not get into trouble because he is going to have puppies with her dog.
