Top billed cast

1. 

   Hayley Mills

   Kathy Bostock

2. 

   Bernard Lee

   Mr. Bostock

3. 

   Alan Bates

   The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey

4. 

   Norman Bird

   Eddie

5. 

   Diane Clare

   Sunday School Teacher, Miss Lodge

6. 

   Patricia Heneghan

   Salvation Army Girl

7. 

   John Arnatt

   Supt. Teesdale

8. 

   Elsie Wagstaff

   Auntie Dorothy

9. 

   Hamilton Dyce

   The Vicar

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-26

An almost internecine plot supports this wonderfully nostalgic story of rural life in late 1950s England. A trio of youngsters live on a farm with their rather neglectful, but not negligent, widower father; their aunt "Dolly" and "Eddie" the general factotum. The children rescue a litter of kittens and secrete them around their farm, soliciting God's help to keep them safe. When they go to inspect their charges they discover a poorly young man (Alan Bates) in the barn and assume that he is Jesus - even down to feeding him bread and wine and to protecting him from adults who may wish to visit t...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• faith
• village life
• innocence
• escaped convict
• fugitive
• on the run
• rural area
• farming
• wife murderer
• religon
• lancashire