Thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley, a devotee of Thoreau, decides to leave the city 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.
Ted Eccles
as Sam Gribley
Theodore Bikel
as Bando
Tudi Wiggins
as Miss Turner
Paul Hébert
as Hunter
Cosette Lee
as Apple Lady
Ralph Endersby
as Boy In Soda Fountain
George Allan
as Boy In Soda Fountain
Dan McIlravey
as Little Boy On Bus
