Novel
Sequência do filme clássico "O Meu Melhor Companheiro". Garotos desaparecem nas mãos de um bando de apaches. Um grupo de pessoas se une ao esperto cachorro Sam, o filho do velho Yeller, para sair em busca das crianças desaparecidas.
Writer
A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his mother. The lad should be watching the family farm, but he falls in with his older brother, Clint, and his reckless buddy Blackie Scantling who take him hunting in hillbilly country. The boy falls in love with a beautiful mountain girl, while Blackie has his own fling with another attractive hillbilly maiden, Nita Stringer, and then becomes mixed up with an older, married woman, Sussie Bell.
Screenplay
O jovem Travis Coates (Tommy Kirk) fica encarregado de cuidar do rancho da família, junto com sua mãe e seu irmão mais novo, quando o pai dele viaja para levar uma boiada, na década de 1860. O pequeno Arliss Coates (Kevin Cocoran) acha um cão amarelo perdido na fazenda e resolve dar abrigo, mesmo com a resistência do irmão mais velho Travis. Logo, o cão passa a ser muito amado por todos, mas o seu tempo junto à família pode não durar muito.
Novel
A young widower named Sam Crockett returns from Kansas City to his small hometown in rural Texas, bringing with him his feisty grandfather and two young sons, Steve and Yoyo. He tries to make a go of the old family homestead but faces financial problems and pressures from his well-to-do neighbor, Rod Marshall. He also begins an on-again-off-again romance with Rod's sister-in-law, even though she's engaged to wed the town's doctor. Events come to head when Sam's grandfather suffers a stroke.
