I found a few scenes of this film on an old VHS tape I was discarding. What I've got is good and well acted. The scene where the pilots' skull comes off the corpse when the plane is dragged form the pond is superb.
I remember the whole thing as a fantastic evocation of the English rural scene and coming of age in the 1960's. There is a hint of 'Cider with Rosie' in the wild-wood scenes but none the worst for that. Dudley Sutton proves (once again) he is one of the great character actors and makes a superb Vicar which may surprise those who only know him as the frequently drunk Tinker in ' Lovejoy'. As for the juvenile actors? Who they were and what came of them I've no idea.
As Ashley Pharoah is now one of TV's top writers, it's time the BBC /BFI took it out of which ever archive this film rests and repeated it. Or at least released it on DVD.
I remember the whole thing as a fantastic evocation of the English rural scene and coming of age in the 1960's. There is a hint of 'Cider with Rosie' in the wild-wood scenes but none the worst for that. Dudley Sutton proves (once again) he is one of the great character actors and makes a superb Vicar which may surprise those who only know him as the frequently drunk Tinker in ' Lovejoy'. As for the juvenile actors? Who they were and what came of them I've no idea.
As Ashley Pharoah is now one of TV's top writers, it's time the BBC /BFI took it out of which ever archive this film rests and repeated it. Or at least released it on DVD.