Follow That Dream

Apr 11, 1962

1h 49m

★ 6.1

GO! GO! GO! It's Free-Wheeling Fun!

Overview

When the Kwimper family car runs out of fuel on a new Florida highway and an officious state supervisor tries to run them off, Pop Kwimper digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He and his son Toby and their 'adopted' children—Holly, Ariadne, and the twins—start their own little community along a strip of the roadside.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

The Mirisch Company

Follow That Dream Trailers

Cast

Toby Kwimper

Elvis Presley

Pop Kwimper

Arthur O'Connell

Holly Jones

Anne Helm

Alisha Claypoole

Joanna Moore

Carmine

Jack Kruschen

Nick

Simon Oakland

Judge

Roland Winters

H. Arthur King

Alan Hewitt

George

Howard McNear

Jack (as Frank de Kova)

Frank De Kova

Mr. Endicott

Herbert Rudley

Eddy Bascombe

Gavin Koon

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