Inclubabu
Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
InformationRap
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Hadrina
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Quiet Muffin
This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
PartialMovieViewer
It is kind of hard to beat a cast that includes Fred "My Three Sons" MacMurray; Vera "Psycho" Miles; Lillian "Silent Movie Icon" Gish, and of course Kurt "Big Trouble in Little China" – I'll be your huckleberry – "Tombstone" Russell. This is not the kind of movie I usually gravitate towards, but I always liked Fred MacMurray. Even Fred's portrayal of a smarmy character in, "The Caine Mutiny", was spot-on. This is a story of a guy who settles down in a town armed with a dream to finally become a lawyer. This set-in-stone plan is thankfully sidetracked when he volunteers as a scout master. With every passing year new scouts are added as the older kids move on. At times, it is hard to figure out who is learning more, the students or the teacher. For me this is probably one of my favorite 'coming of age' movies.Time passes and he finds he is much more fulfilled than he could have ever been if he had pursued a life as a lawyer. I really like this movie and I would recommend this to all who doubt good people exist. Trust me - they do – they just need a reason to show themselves.
vranger
I saw this movie in the theater when I was nine years old, and again just this week after buying the DVD for my grandkids.It was even better from my adult viewpoint, and I remembered loving it as a kid. I've whistled the "Follow Me Boys" tune off and on all my life.The story is told in a series of set pieces, much like the style of "It's a Wonderful Life". They hang together so well that you get a true sense of the passage of time within a recognizable framework of the town, and the characters and their lives.You'll end the movie wishing you had grown up in that town, and wishing that Fred MacMurray (or his character Lem Siddons), had been your friend and neighbor.If you don't shed a tear or two at the end, you're not human.
Randy Everette
This film was made by Disney in 1956, not 1966. I don't know how to correct the IMDb. It is an excellent film about how one's dreams may not turn out the way you wish, but yet you can have a very meaningful life along a different path. Lemuel Siddons becomes a Scoutmaster to impress a woman, thinking Scouting is temporary, yet keeps the job for 20 years, from 1930-1950, and has a tremendous positive impact on the lives of dozens of boys and the small town of Hickory. Highly recommended for any in Scouting or if you want to see a film about positive values rather than the trash that is made today. Fred MacMurray is Lem, Vera Miles is the object of his affection, Lillian Gish is an elderly woman who befriends him, and Kurt Russell is a troubled youth he takes under his wing.
guidafamily-1
Fred McMurray is a saxophone player who is looking to settle down and finds the small town of Hickory to be just the place. To impress Vera Miles, he offers to form and lead a Boy Scout troop, which eventually leads to the title song, which I've had in the back of my mind since seeing this movie in 1966!The movie is a Disney-esque look at small town America and also how one person can make a difference. Kurt Russell is great and the scenes with him defending his father are poignant.This movie is unapologetically corny and wonderful. It has made a lasting impression on me and I recommend it heartily.
