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Savage Sam (1963) on Netflix

NR19631h 43mActionAdventureDramaFamilyWestern

Travis Coates, eighteen, minds his younger brother Arliss on the family farm in Southwest Texas, 1870. Renegade Apaches are reported nearby as Arliss and his dog Savage Sam track a bobcat.

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  • Rotten Tomatoes50%

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Plot summary

Southwest Texas, 1870. Travis Coates, eighteen, must mind his twelve-year-old brother Arliss on the family farm while their parents travel to an ailing grandmother. Arliss goes out with his dog Savage Sam to trail a bobcat. Bud Searcy brings word that renegade Apaches are nearby. Travis and Bud's seventeen-year-old daughter Lisbeth set out to find Arliss, and Apaches under a Comanche leader seize the three of them.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Savage Sam (1963)

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  • Fred Gipson, author of the novel Savage Sam, was hired to write the screenplay and started work in October at $1,250 a week. He was an alcoholic by then and was frequently incapacitated by rages.

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