--- title: 'Johnny Tremain (1957)' type: 'film' director: 'Robert Stevenson' released: '1957-06-19' runtime_minutes: 80 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Family' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/johnny-tremain-1957' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050567/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Johnny Tremain (1957) 1957 · 80 min · Drama, Family · United States ## Synopsis Johnny Tremain is a 1957 American adventure war film made by Walt Disney Productions, released by Buena Vista Distribution, and based on the 1944 Newbery Medal-winning children's novel of the same name by Esther Forbes, retelling the story of the years in Boston, Massachusetts prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution. Johnny Tremain was the first Disney live-action film to be directed by Robert Stevenson. It was made for television but was first released in theatres. Walt Disney understood the new technology of color television and filmed his Walt Disney anthology television series in color, but the show, known as Disneyland at that time, was broadcast in black and white. After its theater run in 1957, the film was shown in its entirety on television in two episodes, rather than as a complete film on a single evening, on November 21 and December 5, 1958. ## Credits - **Director:** [Robert Stevenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stevenson) - **Screenplay:** [Tom W. Blackburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-w-blackburn) - **Original Music Composer:** [George Bruns](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-bruns) - **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney) - **Director of Photography:** [Charles P. Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-p-boyle) - **Editor:** [Stanley Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-johnson) ## Cast - [Charles Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-smith) as horse tender - [Will Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-wright) as Ephraim Lapham - [Geoffrey Toone](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-toone) as Major Pitcairn - [Sebastian Cabot](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-cabot) as Jonathan Lyte - [Whit Bissell](https://cinepixo.com/people/whit-bissell) as Josiah Quincy - [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare) as Admiral Montagu - [Rusty Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/rusty-lane) as Samuel Adams - [Virginia Christine](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-christine) as Mrs. Lapham - [Walter Sande](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-sande) as Paul Revere - [Gavin Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-gordon) as Colonel Smith - [Walter Coy](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-coy) as Dr. Joseph Warren - [Cyril Delevanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-delevanti) - [Luana Patten](https://cinepixo.com/people/luana-patten) as Cilla Lapham - [Richard Beymer](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-beymer) as Rab Silsbee - [Jeff York](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-york) as James Otis ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://movies.disney.com/johnny-tremain Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/johnny-tremain-1957 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3182980); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.