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 |  Western, Family, Adventure  |  1 June 1963

Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller\'s son, Sam, tracks their trail.

Fred Gipson (novel), Fred Gipson, 1 more credit »

Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran | See full cast and crew »

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trail | apache | 19th century | sunburn | barking dog | 

Two tough Texans take on the whole Apache nation! See more »

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Film debut of Marta Kristen. See more »

Towards the end when Bud Searcy makes his miracle shot at great distance, the Indian falls off his horse the instant the trigger is pulled. At that distance there should have been a slight delay. See more »

Edited into Walt Disney\'s Wonderful World of Color: Savage Sam: Part 2 (1966) See more »

Savage Sam, except for it\'s association with Ol\' Yeller, would be a completely innocuous but more or less forgotten addition to the Disney film library. The problem with Savage Sam is twofold.

First, it was (and is) marketed as a sequel to Ol\' Yeller. How could any film stand up to that kind of comparison? Yes, the book was by the same author and meant to be a tale of a son of Ol\' Yeller. But trying to sell that movie as a sequel never had a chance - Fess Parker was doing a TV show and unavailable, the book itself is weak, and the scripting is sluggish.

Secondly, and this true of all movies from that time - the portrayal of the Indians was so biased that it\'s painful to watch as those Irish stunt men in red paint whoop it up.

Is it watchable? Yes, but view it a a separate entity, not a sequel.

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