Genre: Drama
Runtime: 104 min
Average vote: 4.5
Release date: 1972-09-27
Director: Larry Peerce
Music: Charles Fox
Gene and Finny are two boys who are best friends living in 1943, at the height of World War II. The idea that the boys will most likely be drafted when they turn eighteen is surrounding them, and they are practically forced to live their lives to the fullest. The two boys attend the Devon School, which prepares them for military life that they will most likely be subjected to. The film begins with a narration by an older Gene, traveling back to Devon some years later. The thing he wishes most to see is the tree, which had a great effect on the boys' lives
John Heyl
as
Finny
Parker Stevens...
as
Gene Forrester
William Roerick
as
Mr. Patchwithe...
Peter Brush
as
Elwin “Leper” ...
Victor Bevine
as
Brinker Hadley
John E.A. Mack...
as
Bobby Zane
Mark Trefethen
as
John
Frank Wilich J...
as
Cliff Quackenb...
Elizabeth B. B...
as
Mrs. Patchwith...
Edward Echols
as
Mr. Ludsbury
Don Schultz
as
Dr. Stanpole
Paul Sadler
as
Naval Officer
Scott Bradbury
as
Chet Douglass