Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Norman TokarDirector
- Louis PelletierScreenplay
- George BrunsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Fred MacMurrayLemuel Siddons
- Vera MilesVida Downey
- Lillian GishHetty Seibert
- Charles RugglesJohn Everett Hughes
- Elliott ReidRalph Hastings
- Kurt RussellWhitey
- Luana PattenNora White
- Ken MurrayMelody Murphy
- Donald MayEdward White, Jr.
- Sean McCloryEdward White, Sr.
- Steve FrankenP.O.W. Lieutenant
- Parley BaerMayor
Stills
Themes
small townboy scoutsscoutmaster