The Contact (1963 film)

The Contact
Directed by	Philip Wrestler
Screenplay by	Philip Wrestler
Produced by	Lawrence G. Knight
Starring	John Hurt Pauline Collins Wendy Richard
Production company	Senaca Films
Release date	1963 (1963)
Running time	12 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Contact is a 1963 British educational short film written directed by Philip Wrestler and starring John Hurt and Pauline Collins. ^{[1] [2]}

The film was sponsored by the Spastics Society and was designed to educate young people against prejudice to disabled people. ^[3] The film was shot at Thomas Delarue School. ^[4]

Plot

Max is a physically disabled teenager with cerebral palsy. After being knocked to the ground by teenage boys on motorbikes, they take him to a youth club. There the boys and their friends realise that, apart from walking, Max is no different from them.

Cast

• John Hurt as Max
• Pauline Collins
• Georgina Patterson
• Wendy Richard as Joyce
• Rodney Goodall
• Hugh Halliday
• Graham Harper
• The Impacts as themselves

References

1. "The Contact". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
2. "Film of the month: The Contact". Wellcome Library. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
3. Film User -1966 Volume 20 - Page 318 "THE CONTACT", and learn how some youth club members changed their ideas about Spastics— coming finally to know one ... "
4. "Wellcome Library /MIS Coll". wellcomelibrary.org.

External links

• The Contact at IMDb
• The Contact at BFIPlayer