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Did you know
35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Cast
Tony Doyle
John Axton
Michael Gough
Arthur Apple
John Kavanagh
Seamus Reilly
Patrick Malahide
Colonel Mailer
Paul Brooke
Ballister
Adrian Dunbar
Martin Deeley
Jonathan Hyde
Colonel Shrapnell
John Hewitt
Moran
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- David Drury
- Writers
- John Hale
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
David Drury directs. Alec Curtis behind the camera. Ian Farr cuts. Produced in United Kingdom.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 135 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by David Drury, shot by Alec Curtis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Editor Ian Farr shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Tony Doyle and Michael Gough and John Kavanagh carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0423980 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Alec Curtis
- Editing
- Ian Farr
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
David Drury
Production companies
Who made it
BBC
GB
Key crew
- NovelM.S. Power
- EditorIan Farr
- ProducerChris Parr
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1991-10-30
