Follow That Dream

Follow That Dream
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGordon Douglas
Screenplay byCharles Lederer
Based onPioneer, Go Home!
by Richard P. Powell
Produced byDavid Weisbart
Starring
CinematographyLeo Tover
Edited byWilliam B. Murphy
Music byHans J. Salter
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • April 11, 1962 (1962-04-11) (USA)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1962". Variety. 9 Jan 1963. p. 13. Please note these are rentals and not gross figures
  2. ^ pp. 146-147 Mirisch, Walter I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2008