Follow That Dream | |
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Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
Screenplay by | Charles Lederer |
Based on | Pioneer, Go Home! by Richard P. Powell |
Produced by | David Weisbart |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Leo Tover |
Edited by | William B. Murphy |
Music by | Hans J. Salter |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2.8 million (US/Canada)[1] |
Follow That Dream is a 1962 American musical comedy film made by Mirisch Productions and starring Elvis Presley. The film was based on the 1959 novel Pioneer, Go Home! by Richard P. Powell. Producer Walter Mirisch liked the film's song "Follow That Dream" and retitled the picture accordingly.[2] The film reached #5 on the Variety weekly Box Office Survey, staying on the chart for three weeks, and finishing at #33 on the year-end list of the top-grossing movies of 1962.