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67% Critic Match
Follow Me, Boys!
“IT CAPTURES ALL...all the happiness and heartbreak of being America's #1 hometown hero.”
6.7 / 10• 1966• 2h 11m•NR• English
DramaFamily
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Fred MacMurray
Lemuel Siddons
Lead
Vera Miles
Vida Downey
Lillian Gish
Hetty Seibert
Charles Ruggles
John Everett Hughes
Elliott Reid
Ralph Hastings
Kurt Russell
Whitey
Luana Patten
Nora White
Ken Murray
Melody Murphy
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Norman Tokar's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Follow Me, Boys! is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
