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
Cast
John Heyl
Finny
Parker Stevenson
Gene Forrester
William Roerick
Mr. Patchwithers
Peter Brush
Elwin “Leper” Lepellier
Victor Bevine
Brinker Hadley
John E.A. Mackenzie
Bobby Zane
Mark Trefethen
John
Frank Wilich Jr.
Cliff Quackenbush
Elizabeth B. Brewster
Mrs. Patchwithers
Edward Echols
Mr. Ludsbury
Don Schultz
Dr. Stanpole
Paul Sadler
Naval Officer
Scott Bradbury
Chet Douglass
Crew
Larry Peerce
Director
Fred Segal
Screenplay
John Knowles
Novel
John C. Howard
Editor
Frank Stanley
Director of Photography
Stephen J. Barnett
Assistant Director, Associate Producer
Robert A. Goldston
Producer
Otto Plaschkes
Producer
Charles Rosen
Production Design, Art Direction
Thomas Laughridge
Camera Operator
Louis DiGiaimo
Casting
Ron Talsky
Costume Design
Shelly Levine
Costumer
Fred C. Blau Jr.
Makeup Artist
Michael Hancock
Makeup Artist
Larry Jost
Sound
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound
Charles Fox
Original Music Composer
Phil Abramson
Set Decoration
Bonnie Prendergast
Script Supervisor
Stephen Bluestein
Location Manager
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