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Julian Gloag (novel)
Jeremy Brooks (writer) ...
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Release Date:
July 1967 (UK) more
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The children's story that is not for children... more
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When their deeply religious mother dies, the seven Hook children bury her in the garden and continue life as normal... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination more
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Atmospheric piece of work. more (26 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dirk Bogarde | ... | Charlie Hook |
 | Margaret Brooks | ... | Elsa |
| Pamela Franklin | ... | Diana |
| Louis Sheldon Williams | ... | Hubert |
| John Gugolka | ... | Dunstan |
| Mark Lester | ... | Jiminee |
| Phoebe Nicholls | ... | Gerty (as Sarah Nicholls) |
| Gustav Henry | ... | Willy |
| Parnum Wallace | ... | Louis |
| Yootha Joyce | ... | Mrs. Quayle |
| Claire Davidson | ... | Miss Bailey |
| Anthony Nicholls | ... | Mr. Halbert |
| Annette Carell | ... | Mother |
| Gerald Sim | ... | Bank Clerk |
| Edina Ronay | ... | Doreen |
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104 min
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This is a good little movie that heavily relies on its uneasy atmosphere. The movie is also greatly carried by its cast, both the adult as the children's.
The story is simple yet effective. The story perfectly sets up an uneasy atmosphere that is dark and sober. The story is unusual and original as well. The movie can perhaps be best described as a dark drama/thriller. The fact that the movie is both unusual and original is probably the reason why this movie unfortunately isn't any better known.
The character are perfectly portrayed in the movie and play a great role in the movie its story. The movie is especially carried by the children cast of the movie, who play the most significant and biggest role in the entire movie. The young characters are all both realistic as powerful. Every characters has its own strong personality and they are what make this movie always interesting and never boring to follow, even though the pace itself isn't always terribly high.
But the movie also has a good adult cast that unfortunately is perhaps a bit underused at times. Dirk Bogarde plays a great role in the movie but unfortunately his character is introduced at least 15 minutes too late in to the movie. Once his character is introduced in to the story the movie takes more form and becomes even more intriguing to follow. It was also great to see Yootha Joyce in the movie, who I only knew from the British comedy series "George and Mildred". She is a great actress and really gets to show her skills in this movie.
The movie handles some intriguing, original and uneasy themes and the movie handles all those themes on its own very special way. It makes the movie a both original as well as memorable movie to watch.
Definitely worth seeing, when you get the opportunity to.
8/10