Kurt Russell was 15 years old when he made his first Disney movie, the Fred MacMurray Boy Scouts tribute Follow Me, Boys! Since then, he’d appeared in eight more theatrical features, a handful of TV productions (a few of which received theatrical releases overseas) and become one of the studio’s biggest stars. This was an impressive achievement since Disney had failed time and again to transition their child stars through adolescence and into young adulthood. We’ve already seen the likes of Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran come and go. Kurt Russell had been the biggest name to emerge from Disney since Hayley Mills. And if none of his movies were blockbusters along the lines of
I remember seeing this second-run at our neighborhood theater with the animated Robin Hood. I am not sure I would watch this film again, but it is a pleasant memory, and my classroom had the novelization which I read.
I remember seeing this second-run at our neighborhood theater with the animated Robin Hood. I am not sure I would watch this film again, but it is a pleasant memory, and my classroom had the novelization which I read.