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[edge78a]

If you have just come across this film by accident please take time to watch it, it is a classic and very much remembered with great affection by all who have seen it. A true master piece which will bring a tear to your eye. ENJOY

[RememberedRevie]

excellent film, always makes me cry,even now at 47

[777jonah888]

Great ...............Thanks for uploading

[strangeperson64]

have just inadvertently seen a clip from the musical version of this.

one word:

"AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!"

[MrEleanorkirby]

fav film..."shut up our charlie!"

[thenameaintjim]

i'm really dreading the bit where the kittens die because it's gonna make me cry so much D:

[DUGMAC1973]

I grew up watching this film..... One of my all time faves

[mickeyh1961]

"de ye want a kitten its not dead" classic: that kid stole the show he was great. Love this period in British Film and History, nothing like ever it anymore a golden era.

[TheWhistler3]

A family affair Haley Mills mother, Mary Haley Bell wrote it, and Hailey and her Dad, John Mills star in it. Would like to have seen the musical version by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Apparently in the book the ending is very different, the barn burns down with the convict in it and all that remains is a burning cross.

[Mancunian6]

@TheWhistler3 Nope, not John Mills.

[TheDosshouse]

The industrial scenes seem like the 1930's now-difficult to imagine 1961 was actually the "space age"!!

[RaikenXion]

Hayley Mills and the kids were his kinda Salvation/redemption, they made him give himself up. Theres that strong sense of faith running through this film. The children hav faith that the man is who he is, and the man in-tern has faith at the end becus the children c him as sumthing gud. So that encourages him 2 do the right thing, I guess his faith from then is that he more or less places himself in God's hands.

[oldpangloss]

Thank you.

[MySaintgeorge]

Comes from a time when the British still made movies that combined irony, innocence, suspense, comedy and tragedy in such proportion as to form an almost perfect whole.

[oldpangloss]

Anyone know the name of the little boy.

[petertownend]

@oldpangloss the little boy is called gaylord fokker

[Mancunian6]

@oldpangloss You presumably mean the name of the actor? It was Alan Barnes. Infact I had the pleasure of meeting him (as well as many of the others) at the 50th Anniversary get-together yesterday. A wonderful day.

[mickeyh1961]

@oldpangloss little boy is Alan Barnes, A great classic in a more innocent World great scenery in Rural Lancashire

[nmlt5398]

At 3:28 Who is Robert Angus? What was so great about the 'advice' he gave for the film? Why is he so important to it? I love this film, so I'm curious - especially about the 'advice' part.

[ChristinaCroft]

This is so lovely!!! Thank you ever so much for uploading it! :-)

[Artisfun2]

I LOVE THIS FILM!

I;ve watched it before

[martinjp1958]

A memorable film. Hiring Malcolm Arnold for the music was a master-stroke. Kid's film music nowadays seems to feature the same hackneyed consecutive minors[eg Am to Fm....try it] - with added tinkly effects, and leaves no emotional impression whatever [on me]. I suppose one was spoiled by quality.

[GayGeisha]

@martinjp1958 Amen to that. I'd kill for a complete copy of this soundtrack. It's just sublime.

[melodydarcy1]

Does anyhow know when this will be available for American Dvd's. THey used to show it on tv alot when I was a child in the early sixties. But for some reason after cable came along, american tv quit showing it. The same with Haleys first movie Tiger Bay. Neither are avaible on dvd for U.S.A. systems. Many younger adults and children living in the U.S.A. today have never heard of this film or the film Tiger Bay. Their missing out on these wonderful films. Unless they watch you tube.

[melodydarcy1]

Does anyhow know when this will be available for American Dvd's. THey used to show it on tv alot when I was a child in the early sixties. But for some reason after cable came along, american tv quit showing it. The same with Haleys first movie Tiger Bay. Neither are avaible on dvd for U.S.A. systems. Many younger adults and children living in the U.S.A. today have never heard of this film or the film Tiger Bay. Their missing out on these wonderful films.

[soshanna1]

whos that whos that fella?,its not a fella its jesus. what brilliant actors especially that boy charlie.fantastic film

[Elysiumfire]

I was one year old when they filmed this in Downham, Lancashire. I lived just over the hill they walk across during the credits roll...it is Pendle Hill...witch country.

[Sennettfan]

Forbes is truly one of the great figures of British film, without doubt.

[donsilbers]

This is the greatest movie of all time

[paulo7641]

thanks for uploading lovely film they dont make them like this any more one of Hayley Mills first film before Disney .

[matthew3alex]

Her first Disney film was "Pollyanna."

[dilshad57]

I live local to where this was filmed and the little boy now lives in a nearby village and fits PVC windows!!!!!!

[tigerbay70]

@dilshad57 wats the village?

[dilshad57]

@tigerbay70 The village is Ribchester (on the river ribble, famous for being an old Roman camp). I'm led to believe he started acting again a few years ago. Must be too much competition in the window trade.

[kk99ll]

@dilshad57

Sorry you have that wrong, it's Downham in Lancashire.

[dilshad57]

@kk99ll I know the film is filmed in Downham, Lancashire, I live down the road and used to feed the ducks there as a child. If you'd read my earlier comment I was talking about the village where the little boy lives now!

[kk99ll]

@dilshad57

never saw the earlier post, oops

[rudyxrudy]

Tizzy thats amazing..i love England and lived there 2-3 yrs....wish i was there...tell me more....

[burnzgotshot]

Thanks for uploading this.

I was walking the dog past an old barn on the moors and I thought about this film.

[unclaimedtreas]

8:17 - 8:23 is a funny camera angle. It looks like he is urinating.

[locheelad2]

The wee boy alone is worth watching, brilliant film, thanks.

[rolflmaoweeee]

Ty for sharing these films

[rolflmaoweeee]

a brilliant film

[gabrieldix64]

Superb! Loved it decades ago and even better this time round.

Kids, dont you just love 'em!

Thanks for posting.

[TizzysAngel]

This film was shot under the shadow of Pendle Hill where I used to visit at the time as a child, ,and the kids other than the main stars were from the local school in Chatburn village. I was brought up just a few miles away in Oswaltwistle,lol! Priceless film!

[innit27]

The poacher was in a memorable episode of Fawlty Towers called Waldorf Salad where he plays a meak guest who is too scared to complain to Basil about the terrible service.

[MeatloafTribute1]

I think that was bernard Cribbins

[clothedwiththesun]

This is one of the lovliest films ever made - if you liked this please watch 'turtles can fly' - the first film to come out of afganistan since the invasion. You will need to be brave -its hauntingly beautiful - different to this but very, very powerful.

[loseyourself10]

Thank you for sharing!!

[ZAGGLETON]

This is one of my favorite movies.

[teamcrumb]

This is my most beloved film of all time. I adore the children and Hayley Mills is so beautiful.

[Seaventeares]

@teamcrumb this is mine too. I absolutely love it. I must have watched it about 76 times and never tire of it, nor the wonderful music.

[chrisart7]

A favourite! Thank you for sharing this wonderful film. Lots of fun to see Bernard Lee in a role quite different from his "M" characterisation in the 1960s James Bond films. Malcolm Arnold's score is quite lovely and sensitive. A classic!

[tlyoung88]

How do we know he wasn't secretly training these kids to be spies in his agency . . . ?

I smell a prequel.

[brownies4you]

Another engaging performance by Hayley Mills. This beloved classic from 1962 reminds me of the words of Christ:

"Let the little children come to Me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these."

Give me the heart of a child and the awesome courage to live it out.

Thank you for posting this rarely seen movie.

[Snwrestling]

Nostalgia rush! The best kind there is

I love this film

[tarynactress]

GOSH! Thank you so much for uploading this. I've got the musical version (I know, lol) on CD, but never saw the movie.

Thanks!

Peace and Smiles!!!

[oOoLeinstergirloOo]

Thanks for uploading the movie.