My Side of the Mountain 1969

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.

Cast:

Ted Eccles
Sam Gribley 

Theodore Bikel
Bando 

Tudi Wiggins
Miss Turner 

Paul Hébert
Hunter 

Cosette Lee
Apple Lady 

Ralph Endersby
Boy In Soda Fountain