Sammy Going South also known as A Boy Ten Feet Tall is a 1963 British South African adventure movie directed by Alexander Mackendrick and is based on the 1961 novel of the same name by W. H. Canaway. It stars Edward G. Robinson, Constance Cummings, Harry H. Corbett, Paul Stassino, Zia Mohyeddin, Zena Walker, Jack Gwillim, Glyn Owen and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.