Follow That Dream

Follow That Dream

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

NR 1962 · 109 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy

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 digs in his heels and decides to do a little homesteading. He, his son Toby and their 'adopted' children—Holly, Ariadne, and the twins—start their own little community along a strip of the roadside.

Directed by Gordon Douglas · Written by Charles Lederer

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