My Side of the Mountain
A boy who dreams of leaving civilization.
1969 en 100 minutes
Rating: 6.5
Plot
Film adaption of the novel by Jean Craighead George. A family movie made by Paramount Studios, the story revolves around thirteen-year old Sam Gribley (Teddy Eccles), a devotee of Thoreau, as many were back in the in 1960's. Sam decides to leave the city (set in Toronto) to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out.
Trailer
Cast
Ted Eccles
Sam Gribley
Theodore Bikel
Bando
Tudi Wiggins
Miss Turner
Paul Hébert
Hunter
Cosette Lee
Apple Lady
Ralph Endersby
Boy In Soda Fountain
George Allan
Boy In Soda Fountain
Dan McIlravey
Little Boy On Bus