Sammy Going South (1965)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Great to see a story of this quality taken seriously and well acted by all. There is a strong central character: Sammy. The narrative revolves around him, and he is not dismissed by the other characters for being a child, as so often happened in other non-children's films of the era. This is important, because it shows the audience that Sammy is a real person, and it makes the audience more interested in what makes him tick. It also makes the other main characters more human. Thus the audience is drawn into, and involved in this tremendously strong small story. It appears however that some of the film was lost, as the film was apparently originally ten minutes longer. This is a shame because the audience becomes aware of the tiny leaps in the narrative flow. Still a great film though.

After reading several other reviews I was amazed to find out how many other folks had a profound effect from this film. This movie has been embedded with me for 49 years. I first saw this movie when I was 7 years old. I remembered how intrigued I was with the Sammy before, during and after I first saw this film. I vividly remember the movie poster and the black and white ad in the movie guide in the newspaper. I think that this movie's affect as a young boy was the bond I felt for the character and how as a young boy I could relate to his character. Somehow I felt empowered from all of it. In retrospect what this movie had done was to transform and transport me into this character and take me on a journey to a different time and place that was strange, exciting and different. If you ever saw me when I was 7 I looked and acted very like Sammy. I guess thats one reason why over the years why I've traveled some much and enjoy meeting and interacting with different people who we normally don't interact with. Also if you notice Syammy embraced being alone (sign of strength) and yet he was instinctive about certain people he could trust and care for and others he was very suspicious of their motivation. I was the perfect demographic for this movie. I definitely have a soft spot for this flick both then and now.They say a good movie is when you remember it a day later, but a great movie you'll always remember, well The Boy Ten Tall was one of those. There was something special about this movie that stayed with me so many years. Over the years I have viewed this movie twice and tonight I found this movie online and watched it with great excitement. I just can't believe that this wasn't mainstream more...it should be.

How does one write a review for a movie that one hasn't seen in 35 years? A Boy Ten Feet Tall received regular summer matinée showings throughout the late 60's on the local TV station. I have to believe I never missed a one. The cross-country adventure with tigers, elephants, a jungle boy friend, Edward G. Robinson and a gorgeous Aunt has had me searching for a copy for years. Sammy had the ability to make friends, thwart enemies and act like a man all on his own. It all seemed so doable, so within reach, so exotic, so within the realm of "I can do this too". There is magic in this movie, the kind that lights the fire of independence and adventure in a kid.

A ten year-old English boy's parents are killed in Port Said during the 1956 Suez crisis, and so, in the British way, he sets off--alone and on foot--to travel the length of Africa to find his only relative, an aunt in Durban, South Africa. A children's picture filled with delights, especially the lovely location cinematography; the inspired casting of Edward G. Robinson as a wily soldier of fortune; and the engaging Fergus McClelland as the boy, Sammy, whose own innocence somehow mirrors an Africa which, even in 1956 (or 1963), was already quickly passing away.