

My Side of the Mountain (1969)
- G
- 06/25/1969 (US)
- Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
- 1h 40m
A boy who dreams of leaving civilization.
Overview
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.
James B. Clark
DirectorTed Sherdeman
WriterJean George
NovelJoanna Crawford
WriterJane Klove
WriterCast

Ted Eccles
Sam Gribley
Theodore Bikel
BandoTudi Wiggins
Miss Turner
Paul Hébert
Hunter