United Kingdom / Jan 01, 1963
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
A small boy, Dickie Goodwin, finds some strychnine pills mixed with sweets in a stolen car left in a deserted garage. With them he buys his way into the Rocket Gang. Brian, the leader, shares out the pills for swaps next day. One of the gang eats hers and collapses. The police frantically search for the pills and a broadcast appeal is made. Brian hears this and reaches the gang at Battersea funfair just in time to save them.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Barbara Ashcroft | Mrs. Briggs |
| Basil Beale | Mr. Briggs |
| Timothy Bateson | Goldstone |
| Ian Fleming | Doctor |
| Warren Mitchell | Lofty |
| Edward Cast | Police Constable Weaver |
| Ronald Leigh-Hunt | Sergeant |
| Jack Howlett | Inspector |
| Ken Howard | Mobile Constable |
| Leslie Dwyer | Police Constable Robinson |
| William Forbes | Titch |
| Myrtle Reed | Mrs. Goodwin |
| Roberta Woolley | Nurse |
| George Roderick | Greengrocer |
| Joe Ritchie | Milkman |
| Harry Fowler | Covent Garden porter |
Genres
DramaFamily
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Seventy Deadly Pills |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Children's Film Foundation (CFF), Derick Williams Productions |
| Release date | 1 gennaio 1963 |
| Production | Derick Williams |
| Writer | Frank Wells, Pat Jackson |
| Cinematography | Stephen Dade, Dudley Lovell |
| Assistant directors | Tom Walls Jr., Doreen Dearnaley, Pat Jackson |
| Camera operators | Dudley Lovell, Stephen Dade |
| Additional photography | Stephen Dade, Dudley Lovell |
| Production design | Brian Herbert |
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| Art direction | Brian Herbert |
| Set decoration | Brian Herbert |
| Music | Leon Young, Peter Birch |
| Sound | Leon Young, Peter Birch |
Release dates
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