A young man from Boston heads west to join the California gold rush with the hopes of restoring his family fortune, but his dedicated butler sets out to find him and bring him home.
Plot Synopsis:
------------------- In 1840s Boston when old man Flagg dies he leaves only debts behind. His grandson, Jack Flagg, dreamy and adventurous plans to run away from home and sneak aboard a sailing ship bound for gold-rich California. When his absence is discovered by his sister Arabella a frantic search ensues. Jack manages to board a California-bound ship where he meets crooked Judge Higgins and other characters. Fortunately for Jack his trusted and loyal butler, Bullwhip Griffin, has followed him on the ship. The two finally disembark in San Francisco and immerse themselves into the crazy world of California's gold rush. Jack Flagg's sister Arabella worries about her brother and decides to go to California herself to find Jack and their butler.
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Richard Haydn replaced Tony Hancock due to Hancock's erratic on-set behavior. Hancock reportedly also had trouble with the mock-Shakespearean dialog.
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Though based on the book "By the Great Horn Spoon!" by Albert Sidney Fleischman, the movie veers away from the book in many ways.
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Filmed in the spring of 1965.
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Racial slurs were removed from this film when released on Disney+.
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Child actor Bryan Russell passed away on October 3, 2016, exactly 18 years after his costar Roddy McDowall's death on October 3, 1998.
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The final film of Bryan Russell.
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Bryan Russell had played Karl Malden's son in How the West Was Won (1962).
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The cast includes one Oscar winner (Karl Malden) and three Oscar nominees (Hermione Baddeley, Cecil Kellaway and Arthur Hunnicutt).
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Before the fight, Bullwhip says that he MUST follow the Marquess of Queensberry Rules, which were not published until 1867 and this fight happened around 1849.
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