Johnny Tremain *** (1957, Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot, Richard Beymer) – Classic Movie Review 13,496

Walt Disney’s 1957 Technicolor historical adventure film Johnny Tremain is based on the 1944 novel by Esther Forbes, and stars Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot, and Richard Beymer.

Director Robert Stevenson’s 1957 Walt Disney Technicolor film Johnny Tremain [Johnny Tremain and the Sons of Liberty] is based on the 1944 novel by Esther Forbes, and stars Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot, and Richard Beymer. It tells the story of the years in Boston, Massachusetts, before the outbreak of the American Revolution

Hal Stalmaster plays a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Boston lad, a silversmith’s apprentice called Johnny Tremain, who gets involved in the beginnings of America’s fight for independence, as he joins the colonial battle against the wicked English.

This well-produced Disney historical adventure drama is a pleasing mix of fact and fiction that rattles along at a vigorous pace.

If you don’t recognise Sebastian Cabot (in his second film role for Disney, as Jonathan Lyte), you’ll perhaps recall his voice from a host of Disney cartoons.

It was first released in cinemas on June 19, 1957, including a UK release, but then it was shown on TV in two episodes on November 21 and December 5, 1958.

Walt Disney’s daughter Sharon Mae Disney has a small uncredited role as Dorcas.

The cast

The cast are Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York, Sebastian Cabot, Richard Beymer, Walter Sande, Rusty Lane, Whit Bissell, Will Wright, Walter Coy, Geoffrey Toone, Gavin Gordon, Lumsden Hare, Virginia Christine, Ralph Clanton, Dabbs Greer, Charles Smith, Maurice Millard, and Anthony Ghazlo Jr.

Hal Stalmaster

Harry Lapidus Stalmaster (born March 29, 1940)

Hal Stalmaster retired from acting in 1966, last appearing in the TV sitcom My Three Sons. HIs brother was the noted casting director Lynn Stalmaster.

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