Follow Me, Boys! (1966)

Directed by

Norman Tokar

Genre

drama film, comedy film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

G

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man moves to a small town and starts a Boy Scout troop. He faces challenges as he tries to build the group and guide local boys.

wholesomeheartfeltgentlenostalgicupliftingold-fashionedearnestslow-paced

What happens

Follow Me, Boys! is a 1966 American comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is an adaptation of the 1954 novel God and My Country by MacKinlay Kantor and was the final film released by Walt Disney Productions in Walt Disney's lifetime, with Disney dying exactly two weeks after the film's premiere. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charles Ruggles and Kurt Russell, and is co-produced by Walt Disney and Winston Hibler, directed by Norman Tokar and written by Louis Pelletier. It is one of the few films featuring the Boy Scouts of America and is Disney's paean to the Boy Scouts. The title song "Follow Me, Boys!" was written by studio favorites Robert and Richard Sherman. After the film's production, the Boy Scouts of America considered using the song as their anthem, but efforts toward the end were dropped. The Boys' Life magazine included a teaser article of the film. Follow Me, Boys! was the first of ten Disney films in which Russell appeared over the next ten years. A DVD version was released on February 3, 2004 by Walt Disney Home Entertainment, although it is in 4:3 pan and scan format, not the original 1.66:1 wide screen aspect ratio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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