My Side of the Mountain is a 1969 Panavision and Technicolor adventure film Directed by James B. Clark. It is an adaptation of the 1959 novel of the same name, by Jean Craighead George. The film stars Teddy Eccles and Theodore Bikel. Based on the book, the film concerns Sam Gribley decides to leave his parents' apartment to go self-living in the Canadian woods with his raccoon pet Gus and trains a falconry and names him Frightful. He would later befriend Bando and Miss Turner during his stay at the woods.