Cry Wolf (1969 film)
{{Short description|1968 British film by John Davis}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Cry Wolf
| image = Cry_Wolf_film_Opening_titles_(1969).png
| alt = Opening titles
| caption =
| director = John Davis
| producer = Michael Truman
| writer = John Davis
| screenplay = Derry Quinn
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = Anthony Kemp
Mary Burleigh
Martin Beaumont
| narrator =
| music = Cliff Adams
| cinematography = Geoffrey Faithfull
| color_process =
| editing = Nestor Lovera
| studio = Damor Leaderfilms Ltd
| distributor = Children's Film Foundation
| released = {{Film date|1968|12}}
| runtime = 55 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Cry Wolf is a 1969 British children's film directed and written by John Davis and starring Anthony Kemp, Janet Munro and Ian Hendry.{{Cite web |title=Cry Wolf |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150082036 |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} It was made by Damor Leaderfilms for the Children's Film Foundation. It concerns three children who foil a kidnapping plot.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6d14ed55|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904041924/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6d14ed55|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2018|title=Cry Wolf (1968)|website=BFI}}
This was the final film of actress Janet Munro.
Plot
Tony discovers a plot to kidnap a visiting Prime Minister, but no one believes him. He meets Stella, a reporter, who does believe him, but she is secretly the mastermind behind the kidnapping plan. With the help of his friends Martin and Mary, Tony manages to foil the plot.
Cast
- Anthony Kemp as Tony
- Mary Burleigh as Mary
- Martin Beaumont as Martin
- Judy Cornwell as Stella
- Eileen Moore as Muriel Walker
- Maurice Kaufmann as Jim Walker
- John Trenaman as Ben
- Rex Stallings as Marksman
- Alfred Bell as Insp. Blake
- Mary Yeomans as Mrs. Whittle
- Pat Coombs as Mrs. Blades
- Kevin Manser as town clerk
- Alec Bregonzi as sound man
- Wilfrid Brambell delivery man (as Wilfred Brambell)
- Adrienne Corri as Mrs. Quinn, woman in tobacconist's shop
- Walter Gotell as Ronan (as Walter Cotell)
- Ian Hendry as Hobson
- Janet Munro as Polly
- Roy Moore
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Something of a variation on the usual Children's Film Foundation productions in that the villains are played straight: This certainly makes for greater plausibility, and despite some inconsistency in the playing and a rather feeble attempt af comedy, there is ample compensation in Judy Cornwell's splendid villainess and the suspense is quite effectively sustained."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1970 |title=Cry Wolf |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305826096/92BCF990AF2F41BAPQ/2 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=37 |issue=432 |pages=104 |via=ProQuest}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180904041924/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6d14ed55 Cry Wolf] at the British Film Institute
- {{IMDb title|0202842}}
Category:Children's Film Foundation
Category:1960s children's films
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