Savage Sam was released in the United States on June 1, 1963 starring Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran. Savage Sam is the 1963 film sequel to Old Yeller written by Fred Gipson. It was inspired by the story of former Apache captive Herman Lehmann, whom Gipson had seen give an exhibition when he was a child. Norman Tokar directed the live-action film, which was released by Walt Disney on June 1, 1963.
Summary: The picture opens with Arliss coming outside and spotting his dog Sam chasing a bobcat. Now both of Arliss parents are back East attending to their Grandma leaving Travis in charge. As in Old Yeller, Travis and Arliss are at war as Travis tries to get Arliss to get some work done. Arliss wants to go hunting with his dog Sam and Travis won't let him. Therefore, Arliss who can't shoot a gun but can really throw rocks starts to throw them at Travis. Arliss has Travis pend down in the family out house when a man on a horse rides into the farm. The man turns out to be the boy's Uncle Buck. Uncle Buck tells Arliss that his daddy use to do the same thing to him when they were young, bossing him around telling him to do this and that. Travis and Arliss are out in the fields working when Sam gets into a fight with a bobcat and Arliss takes Jumper the mule and takes off chasing them. Travis goes back to the family farm where he finds Bud Searcy and his daughter Lisbeth riding telling Travis that there are Indians in the area. Bud goes into the house to eat while Travis and Lisbeth get on a horse looking for Arliss and Jumper. Travis goes up into the mountains with Lisbeth on the horse when they hear a ruckus going on. Travis gets down investigating only to find Arliss and Sam in a hole fighting the bobcat. Travis pulls Arliss out and just then, some wild horses and Indians going riding pass them.
Questions: Is what Travis saw real Indians? Did the Indians take Travis, Lisbeth, and Arliss? If they did take them, where did they go? Does Uncle Buck find out about the boys? If so, what does Buck do about it? Does Buck ever find the boys? How does the dog Sam play into all of this?
My thoughts: The film received poor reviews and fell short of box office expectations, paling in comparison with Old Yeller. Pat Hogan appears as tribesman Broken Nose. Dean Fredericks, formerly Steve Canyon on NBC, played a Comanche chief in this film. The beginning of the movie wasn't bad if you can get through the opening song which was really bad. The character Arliss had a real mouth on that boy and if I had been his big brother, I would tan the britches of that boy. I thought the cross-country scenery the Indians took with the wild horses was great. It was nice to see some of the old timers that used to play on Gunsmoke show them acting in a movie instead of just on TV. This movie didn't have a leading lady but it wasn't boring either so I'm going to give this movie 6 weasel stars. You can find this movie on Amazon.com
Summary: The picture opens with Arliss coming outside and spotting his dog Sam chasing a bobcat. Now both of Arliss parents are back East attending to their Grandma leaving Travis in charge. As in Old Yeller, Travis and Arliss are at war as Travis tries to get Arliss to get some work done. Arliss wants to go hunting with his dog Sam and Travis won't let him. Therefore, Arliss who can't shoot a gun but can really throw rocks starts to throw them at Travis. Arliss has Travis pend down in the family out house when a man on a horse rides into the farm. The man turns out to be the boy's Uncle Buck. Uncle Buck tells Arliss that his daddy use to do the same thing to him when they were young, bossing him around telling him to do this and that. Travis and Arliss are out in the fields working when Sam gets into a fight with a bobcat and Arliss takes Jumper the mule and takes off chasing them. Travis goes back to the family farm where he finds Bud Searcy and his daughter Lisbeth riding telling Travis that there are Indians in the area. Bud goes into the house to eat while Travis and Lisbeth get on a horse looking for Arliss and Jumper. Travis goes up into the mountains with Lisbeth on the horse when they hear a ruckus going on. Travis gets down investigating only to find Arliss and Sam in a hole fighting the bobcat. Travis pulls Arliss out and just then, some wild horses and Indians going riding pass them.
Questions: Is what Travis saw real Indians? Did the Indians take Travis, Lisbeth, and Arliss? If they did take them, where did they go? Does Uncle Buck find out about the boys? If so, what does Buck do about it? Does Buck ever find the boys? How does the dog Sam play into all of this?
My thoughts: The film received poor reviews and fell short of box office expectations, paling in comparison with Old Yeller. Pat Hogan appears as tribesman Broken Nose. Dean Fredericks, formerly Steve Canyon on NBC, played a Comanche chief in this film. The beginning of the movie wasn't bad if you can get through the opening song which was really bad. The character Arliss had a real mouth on that boy and if I had been his big brother, I would tan the britches of that boy. I thought the cross-country scenery the Indians took with the wild horses was great. It was nice to see some of the old timers that used to play on Gunsmoke show them acting in a movie instead of just on TV. This movie didn't have a leading lady but it wasn't boring either so I'm going to give this movie 6 weasel stars. You can find this movie on Amazon.com