The film starred Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charles Ruggles, and Kurt Russell, was co-produced by Walt Disney and Winston Hibler, directed by Norman Tokar, and written by Louis Pelletier. The film is also known by its working title, On My Honor.
It is one of the few movies where Boy Scouts are key to the film and is Disney's paean to the Boy Scouts. The title song "Follow Me, Boys!" was written by studio favorites Bob and Dick Sherman. For a time, after the film was released, the Boy Scouts of America was considering using the song as their anthem but efforts toward this end were eventually dropped.
This is the first of ten Disney films which Kurt Russell would appear in over the next ten years. A DVD version was released on February 3, 2004.
Cast
2004 DVD Release
Fred MacMurray — Lemuel "Lem" Siddons
Vera Miles — Vida Downey
Lillian Gish — Hetty Seibert
Charlie Ruggles — John Everett Hughes
Kurt Russell — Edward "Whitey" White, Jr.
Donald May — Edward "Whitey" White, Jr., as an adult
Luana Patten — Nora White
Elliott Reid — Ralph Hastings
John Zaremba — Ralph Hasting's lawyer
Ken Murray — Melody Murphy
Parley Baer — Mayor Hi Plommer
William Reynolds — Hoodoo Henderson (adult)
David Bailey — Duke
Madge Blake — Cora Anderson
Billy Booth — Leo
Ronnie Dapo — Virgil "Tiger" Higgins
John Larroquette — Army soldier in war games
Michael Mason — Boy Scout in War Games
Dean Moray — Hoodoo Henderson (child)
Jimmy Murphy — P.O.W. Soldier
Eddie Sallia — Harry
Keith Taylor — Beefy Smith
Adam Williams — P.O.W. Sergeant
Written by Louis Pelletier
Starring Fred MacMurray
Vera Miles
Lillian Gish
Charles Ruggles
Elliott Reid
Kurt Russell
Luana Patten
Ken Murray
Music by George Bruns
Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman
Cinematography Clifford Stine
Editing by Robert Stafford
Studio Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s)
December 1, 1966
Running time 131 minutes
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