
| Release Date: | Jun 1969 |
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| Genres: | Family / Adventure |
| Awards: | 1 win |
| Cast: | Ted Eccles (Sam (as Teddy Eccles)), Theodore Bikel (Bando), Tudi Wiggins (Miss Turner), Paul Hébert (Hunter), Cosette Lee (Apple Lady), Ralph Endersby (Boy In Soda Fountain), George Allan (Boy In Soda Fountain), Dan McIlravey (Little Boy On Bus), Frank Perry (Mr. Gribley), Peggi Loder (Mrs. Gribley), Tom Harvey (Deer Poacher), Larry Reynolds (Deer Poacher), Patrick Peuvion (Ranger), Gina Dick (Mary Gribley), Karen Pearson (Prudence Gribley), Ed Persons (Man In Street), Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom (Flint Seller) |
Sam, a brilliant child, leaves home for the mountains after being told that the family summer trip has been canceled, thus preventing him from doing the algae experiments he had planned for that summer. The film chronicles his struggle for independence, and with the forces of natures.

