Johnny Tremain (1957)

Directed by

Robert Stevenson

Genre

drama film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young silversmith apprentice in colonial Boston gets involved with the Sons of Liberty and key events leading up to the American Revolution. The story follows his personal growth and his role in the growing conflict against British rule.

historicalpatrioticearnestadventurousbriskfamily-friendlymildly tenseinspirational

What happens

Johnny Tremain is a 1957 American adventure war film made by Walt Disney Productions, released by Buena Vista Distribution, and based on the 1944 Newbery Medal-winning children's novel of the same name by Esther Forbes, retelling the story of the years in Boston, Massachusetts prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution. Johnny Tremain was the first Disney live-action film to be directed by Robert Stevenson. It was made for television but was first released in theatres. Walt Disney understood the new technology of color television and filmed his Walt Disney anthology television series in color, but the show, known as Disneyland at that time, was broadcast in black and white. After its theater run in 1957, the film was shown in its entirety on television in two episodes (subsequently known as Walt Disney Presents), rather than as a complete film on a single evening, on November 21 and December 5, 1958. The film stars Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot (in his second film role for Disney), Richard Beymer, Walter Coy and Ralph Clanton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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