A group of children attempt to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on stealing valuable invention.A group of children attempt to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on stealing valuable invention.A group of children attempt to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on stealing valuable invention.
Mandy Harper
- Pat
- (as Amanda Coxell)
Christopher Warbey
- Freddie
- (as Chris Warbey)
Katherine Kath
- Anita Fox
- (as Katharine Kath)
Ernest Blyth
- Man in Bowler Hat on Street
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Cains
- Fireman
- (uncredited)
Brian McDermott
- Passer-by
- (uncredited)
Lola Morice
- Woman with Purse
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Light and gently silly crime caper
Another charming adventure from the Children's Film Foundation. This time a gang of kids is out to foil the plans of a sinister oil 'baron' and his goons, who they discover have kidnapped Prof. Picton PhD, the slick-haired inventor of an ingenious and much prized oil-detector device. The baron himself is of the old school, with his cut glass accent and manor house bedecked with suits of armour and oak panelled walls hiding secret doors - just the place for good old fashioned skullduggery!
Like other films from the Foundation this a ripping yarn told well, with great performances from the child leads. It's not a tale with much emotional power-unlike for example 'Johnny on the Run', another CFF film made 3 years prior-but it skips along at a jaunty pace with the kids getting into all sorts of amusing scrapes and taking every opportunity to tussle with the baddies. All in all a slight and enjoyable tale of kids (hooray!) defeating the baddies (boo!), with only a little help from the mostly dithering adults. Special mention too for Geoffrey Wright's playful score which adds much to the gentle silliness of this warm hearted film.
Like other films from the Foundation this a ripping yarn told well, with great performances from the child leads. It's not a tale with much emotional power-unlike for example 'Johnny on the Run', another CFF film made 3 years prior-but it skips along at a jaunty pace with the kids getting into all sorts of amusing scrapes and taking every opportunity to tussle with the baddies. All in all a slight and enjoyable tale of kids (hooray!) defeating the baddies (boo!), with only a little help from the mostly dithering adults. Special mention too for Geoffrey Wright's playful score which adds much to the gentle silliness of this warm hearted film.
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- darriuk
- May 24, 2018
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- Also known as
- Gefahr für den Guy
- Filming locations
- Hampstead, London, England, UK(Village of Didsbury)
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- Runtime55 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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