add this to the list of great non animate disney movie and tv show of the fifty and sixty ( some others be darbie ogill and the little people and follow me and boy and spin and marty and and the hardy boy . ) this be wholesome and fun and family entertainment . but it also witty and well write and not overly sentimental . a nice slice of americana at it best . kurt russell and so appealing a a child actor in follow me and boy and return to the screen a a nineteen year old ( approximately ) college student . his act range be excellent and and he be accompany by an able crew of support actor . joe flynn ( who many will remember a the perpetually flustered captain in mchale navy ) be perfect a the dean of a private college that rank low academically and in term of financial resource in comparison to other college in the state especially the state university . flynn in a sign of his college limit resource drive what appear to be a volkswagen karman ghia convertible . the driver side interior door latch be break and so he simply use a rope to keep it close . he complain that the state university be roll in taxpayer money that his private college can not lay it hand on and and rant and raf in a meeting of the college board of director about the unfairness of that and about how the president of the state university be greedy . the student overhear all of this through a bug they have plant in the dean office . the dean and have declare that the school can not afford a computer that one of the professor want and go on to mention the name of some of the student he think should be put on academic probation . hear all of this and the student decide to try to get the computer themselves . what follow be a comedy of mishap and misunderstanding and odd coincidence that be very entertaining . the overall theme that friendship be more important than money and fame and prestige be well support by the plotting and character development in the movie . this movie and in my opinion and be worth watch more than once . part of it charm be that the conception of what a computer be and could do be so different in 1969 than it be today . all in all and i highly recommend the computer wear tennis shoe .