Top billed cast

1. 

   John Hurt

   Richard Forbush

2. 

   Hayley Mills

   Tara St. John Luke

3. 

   Dudley Sutton

   Starshot

4. 

   Tony Britton

   George Dewport

5. 

   Thorley Walters

   Mr. Forbush Sr.

6. 

   Judy Campbell

   Mrs. Forbush

7. 

   Joss Ackland

   Head of Board

8. 

   Avril Angers

   Fanny

9. 

   Cyril Luckham

   Tringham

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-04-04

I have only recently come across this film, and John Hurt is super. He is "Forbush", a rather rakish biology student who is coasting through life until his professor (Tony Britton) nominates him for a gig counting penguins - in Antarctica! Meantime, he has been bothering local barmaid "Tara" (Hayley Mills) who isn't really interested in him, and is frankly quite delighted when he announces his imminent project. He duly arrives, settles into Shackleton's hut and waits, and waits, and waits - no penguins! Then they arrive, slowly but surely and, despite himself, his interest is tweaked. He has t...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• penguin
• antarctica
• biologist