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Follow Me, Boys!

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6.6/10 • 28

1966-12-012h 11m

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IT CAPTURES ALL...all the happiness and heartbreak of being America's #1 hometown hero.

Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general store of a small town. Trying to fit in, he volunteers to become scoutmaster of the newly formed Troop 1. Becoming more and more involved with the scout troop, he finds his plans to become a lawyer being put on the back burner, until he realizes that his life has been fulfilled helping the youth of the small town.

Directors
Norman Tokar
Editors
Robert Stafford

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  1. Fred MacMurray

    Fred MacMurray

    Lemuel Siddons

  2. Vera Miles

    Vera Miles

    Vida Downey

  3. Lillian Gish

    Lillian Gish

    Hetty Seibert

  4. Charles Ruggles

    Charles Ruggles

    John Everett Hughes

  5. Elliott Reid

    Elliott Reid

    Ralph Hastings

  6. Kurt Russell

    Kurt Russell

    Whitey

  7. Luana Patten

    Luana Patten

    Nora White

  8. Ken Murray

    Ken Murray

    Melody Murphy

  9. Donald May

    Donald May

    Edward White, Jr.

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r96sk

Jul 28, 2020

7/10

Almost great. The first 70-90 minutes of 'Follow Me, Boys!' is excellent, it's serious yet amusing. I felt connected to the characters and their storyline. Unfortunately, the film then adds on a pointless if solid extra 40-60 minutes. It kinda feels like one of those TV episodes into one film things, which is annoying as it doesn't need to do it. Fred MacMurray is terrific as Lem, especially across that opening period. It's heartwarming seeing his character help out a community of kids, particularly one - Whitey, who is played impressively by Kurt Russell. All of the other child actors, while not massively memorable, are fine and you really feel for their overall story. The final portion of this film really hampers it though. It isn't actually anything bad and if it had been a sequel I reckon I would've liked it, but as a continuation/add-on to the earlier premise it doesn't hit the same heartfelt notes at all. So that's disappointing, but it's still just about a good film.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
small townboy scoutsscoutmaster