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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Child's Play
1984 1h 10m EN
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7.8
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★7.8TMDB · 4
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Synopsis
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A family awakens to find themselves trapped in their own home, all windows and doors sealed by impenetrable walls. They desperately try to escape but everything fails. Then the wife notices a bizarre pattern.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Mary Crosby
Ann Preston
Nicholas Clay
Mike Preston
Debbie Chasan
Sarah Preston
Suzanne Church
Mother
Joanna Joseph
Child
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Val Guest
- Writers
- Graham Wassell
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Val Guest directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 242 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Mary Crosby and Nicholas Clay and Debbie Chasan carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0088909 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 70 min · 1h 10m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Val Guest
Production companies
Who made it
Hammer Film Productions
GB
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1984-10-08
