My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain

100 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Family | June 25, 1969

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.

My Side of the Mountain

100 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Family | June 25, 1969

My Side of the Mountain
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Paramount
Original title My Side of the Mountain
Directors Ray Freeborn, James B. Clark
Writers Joanna Crawford, Jean George, Jane Klove, Ted Sherdeman

Cast

Ted Eccles

as Sam Gribley

Theodore Bikel

as Bando

Tudi Wiggins

as Miss Turner

Paul Hébert

as Hunter

Cosette Lee

as Apple Lady

Ralph Endersby

as Boy In Soda Fountain

George Allan

as Boy In Soda Fountain

Dan McIlravey

as Little Boy On Bus