Directed by Robert Stevenson   Written by Fred Gipson   William Tunberg   Cast Dorothy McGuire ... Katie Coates Fess Parker ... Jim Coates Jeff York ... Bud Searcy Chuck Connors ... Burn Sanderson Beverly Washburn ... Lisbeth Searcy Tommy Kirk ... Travis Coates Kevin Corcoran ... Arliss Coates Uncredited Cast Spike ... Old Yeller Produced by Bill Anderson   Walt Disney   Original Music by Oliver Wallace   Will Schaefer

Additional Info Premiere: December 25, 1957 Theatrical Release: July 10, 1959 DVD Release: May 07, 2002 Country: Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Websites: Production Companies Walt Disney Productions Distributors Buena Vista Film Distribution Company   (1957) (USA) (theatrical) Buena Vista Pictures   (1974) (USA) (theatrical) (reissue) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (1976) (USA) (TV) Disney Channel   (1984) (USA) (TV) (as The Disney Channel) Buena Vista Home Entertainment   (2002) (USA) (DVD) Buena Vista Home Entertainment   (2005) (USA) (DVD) Disney+   (2019) (USA) (video) Walt Disney Home Video   (USA) (VHS) Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company   (USA) (video) (Betamax) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.2 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,053 / 21,127 Site Ranking #4,049 Theorem (1968) #4,050 Cheech And Chong's Next Movie (1980) #4,051 Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009) #4,052 The Crazies (1973) #4,053 Old Yeller (1957) #4,054 Cyrano (2021) #4,055 Dead & Buried (1981) #4,056 Stan Helsing (2009) #4,057 Superman vs. The Elite (2012)