--- title: 'Follow Me, Boys! (1966)' type: 'film' director: 'Norman Tokar' released: '1966-12-01' runtime_minutes: 131 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/follow-me-boys-1966' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060420/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Follow Me, Boys! (1966) 1966 · 131 min · Drama, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Norman Tokar](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-tokar) - **Screenplay:** [Louis Pelletier](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-pelletier) - **Original Music Composer:** [George Bruns](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-bruns), [Sherman Brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sherman-brothers) - **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney), [Winston Hibler](https://cinepixo.com/people/winston-hibler) - **Director of Photography:** [Clifford Stine](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifford-stine) - **Editor:** [Robert Stafford](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stafford) ## Cast - [Gregg Shank](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-shank) as Mickey Doyle - [Willis Bouchey](https://cinepixo.com/people/willis-bouchey) as judge - [Craig Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-hill) as adult - [Kevin Burchett](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-burchett) as Eggy - [Duane Chase](https://cinepixo.com/people/duane-chase) as Joe - [Adam Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-williams) as P.O.W. sergeant - [David Alan Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-alan-bailey) as Duke - [Warren Hsieh](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-hsieh) as child - [Robert B. Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-b-williams) as Artie - [Keith Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-taylor) as Beefy Smith - [Vera Miles](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-miles) as Vida Downey - [Kit Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/kit-lloyd) as Oliver - [William Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-mills) as David - [Donald May](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-may) as Edward White, Jr. - [Kurt Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-russell) as Whitey ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://movies.disney.com/follow-me-boys Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/follow-me-boys-1966 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2248985); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.