Rascal (film)

Rascal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Norman Tokar
Produced by	James Algar
Written by	Harold Swanton
Based on	Rascal by Sterling North
Starring	Bill Mumy Walter Pidgeon Steve Forrest Pamela Toll
Narrated by	Walter Pidgeon
Music by	Buddy Baker
Cinematography	William E. Snyder
Edited by	Norman R. Palmer
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release dates	June 11, 1969 (1969-06-11)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Rascal is a 1969 comedy-drama film adaptation made by Walt Disney Productions based on a book Rascal by Sterling North about a young man and his pet raccoon set in Wisconsin.^[1]

Synopsis

The movie is a dramatization of Sterling North's 1963 "memoir of a better era." Born near Edgerton, Wisconsin, North was a former literary editor for newspapers in Chicago and New York City. The movie relates a year in the life of young Sterling North (portrayed by Bill Mumy) and his "ringtailed wonder" pet raccoon, Rascal. Although set in Wisconsin, circa 1917, the movie was filmed in California.

The film features the song "Summer Sweet".

Cast

Bill Mumy - Sterling North
The voice of Walter Pidgeon - Sterling North as an adult
Steve Forrest - Sterling's father, Willard
Pamela Toll - his sister, Theo
Elsa Lanchester - Mrs. Satterfield
Henry Jones - Garth Shadwick
Bettye Ackerman - Miss Whalen
Jonathan Daly - Rev. Thurman
John Fiedler - CY Jenkins
Richard Erdman - Walt Dabbett
Herbert Anderson - Mr. Pringle
Robert Emhardt - Constable
Steve Carlson - Norman Bradshaw
Maudie Prickett - Miss Pince-Nez
David McCallum - Ice Cream Man

Changes from the book

In the award-winning book of the same name, all three of Sterling North's real-life siblings are featured: his brother Herschel and his sisters Theodora (Theo) and the future poet and editor Jessica Nelson North. However, Theo is Sterling's only sibling in the movie version.

Critical reception

Rascal holds the distinction of being the very first print review by Gene Siskel (of Siskel and Ebert), written in the Chicago Tribune one month before he became the paper's film critic in 1969. His review of the film was favorable but received no stars by default since the paper did not use a star-rating system for films at the time.

References

↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

External links

Films directed by Norman Tokar

Big Red (1962)
Savage Sam (1963)
A Tiger Walks (1964)
Those Calloways (1965)
The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
Rascal (1969)
The Boatniks (1970)
Snowball Express (1972)
Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
Candleshoe (1977)
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

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