Safe at Home!

This is one of those movies that's really bad but worth watching if you happen to be watching a movie channel on TV on opening day of the baseball season. The acting is mediocre (even William Frawley), the story is thin, and the moral at the end is sappy. But the picture does manage to catch something true and real about boys and their fascination with heroes. It has some interesting shots of spring training circa 1962. It features the glorious beauty of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris (they are resolutely boring; this is worth knowing). And it gives a bit of the feeling of Florida before the big boom times of the '60s.