Old Yeller (
1957) | IMDb:
7.2
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.
Starring:
Tommy Kirk
,
Dorothy McGuire
,
Fess Parker
,
Kevin Corcoran
,
Jeff York
,
Beverly Washburn
Directed by:
Robert Stevenson
Produced by:
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (
1955) | IMDb:
6.9
Legends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War. Then Crockett is elected to Congress and brings his rough-hewn ways to the House of Representatives. Finally, Crockett and Russell journey to Texas and the last stand at the Alamo.
Starring:
Fess Parker
,
Hans Conried
,
Buddy Ebsen
,
Basil Ruysdael
,
William Bakewell
,
Kenneth Tobey
Produced by:
Walt Disney
Them! (
1954) | IMDb:
7.2
As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.
Starring:
James Whitmore
,
James Arness
,
Joan Weldon
,
Edmund Gwenn
,
Onslow Stevens
,
Sean McClory
Directed by:
Gordon Douglas
Produced by:
David Weisbart