Cry Wolf (1969 film)

Cry Wolf
Directed by	John Davis
Written by	John Davis
Screenplay by	Derry Quinn
Produced by	Michael Truman
Starring	Anthony Kemp Mary Burleigh Martin Beaumont
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by	Nestor Lovera
Music by	Cliff Adams
Production company	Damor Leaderfilms Ltd
Distributed by	Children's Film Foundation
Release date	December 1968 (1968-12)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cry Wolf is a 1969 British children's film directed and written by John Davis and starring Anthony Kemp, Janet Munro and Ian Hendry. ^[1] It was made by Damor Leaderfilms for the Children's Film Foundation. It concerns three children who foil a kidnapping plot. ^[2]

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." ^[3]

References

1. "Cry Wolf". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
2. "Cry Wolf (1968)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018.
3. "Cry Wolf". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 37 (432): 104. 1 January 1970 – via ProQuest.

External links

• Cry Wolf at the British Film Institute
• Cry Wolf at IMDb