An enjoyable early Children's Film Foundation film, shot in black and white and detailing the adventures of a precocious young Londoner who decides that heading off to earn some money from the Kentish hop fields is the perfect solution to replacing a broken china dog. Being exceptionally accident prone, her adventure becomes more a series of misadventures as she's beset by accidents and ill fortune. This episodic production has it all, from humour and child gangs to pursuit by police, suspense and peril (a burning windmill climax!) and some early turns from later faces such as Melvyn Hayes and Jane Asher. It's all good fun and exceptionally paced.
Review of Adventure in the Hopfields
