Savage Sam (1963)
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40% of critics liked it
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54% of users liked it
(1,435 ratings)
Savage Sam is the sequel to the successful Disney film Old Yeller. This time, the boys take off after a band of Apache kidnappers who have snatched the children of lazy neighbor Bud Searcy (Jeff York). With their true-blue bloodhound Sam, the kids take off with Brian Keith to take back the missing… More Savage Sam is the sequel to the successful Disney film Old Yeller. This time, the boys take off after a band of Apache kidnappers who have snatched the children of lazy neighbor Bud Searcy (Jeff York). With their true-blue bloodhound Sam, the kids take off with Brian Keith to take back the missing children. The viewer may be confused with the lightheartedness that accompanies the gravity of such an abduction and then is abandoned in favor of a more serious flavor later in the film. Norman Tokar directed this uneven feature that fared far less better at the box office than is predecessor. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Norman Tokar
- Written By
- Fred Gipson, William Tunberg
- Genres
- Western, Drama, Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1963 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Brian Costello, Common Sense Media
Old Yeller sequel with Native American stereotypes.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Not bad sequel to Disney's Old Yeller w/mostly same cast.
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
for as good as Old Yeller is, there's its counterpart on the disc - the weak sequel Savage Sam.
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Still packed with that patented Disney Nature Quaintness, Sam isn't a terrible follow-up, but it lacks the spine that the grown-ups brought to the first film.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
As for the sequel, Savage Sam, well, perhaps the less said, the better. (Disney 2-Movie Collection)
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Cast
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Brian Keith
as Uncle Beck Coates
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Tommy Kirk
as Travis Coates
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Dewey Martin
as Lester White
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Jeff York
as Bud Searcy
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Rafael Campos
as Young Warrior
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Slim Pickens
as Wily Crup
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Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta
as Bandy Legs
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Pat Hogan
as Broken Nose
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Dean Fredericks
as Comanche Chief
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Brad Weston
as Ben Todd
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Kevin Corcoran
as Arliss Coates
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Royal Dano
as Pack Underwood
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Marta Kristen
as Lisbeth Searcy
