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.

• Walt Disney Productions
• Tommy Kirk
• Dorothy McGuire
• Fess Parker
• Kevin Corcoran
• Jeff York
• Beverly Washburn
• Chuck Connors
• Spike