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Smiley Gets a Gun (1958)
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December 1958 (Australia)
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Everyone who ever was a boy... or ever loved one will do wild over...
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Well, that was interesting - 7.5/10
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Cast
(in credits order) | Sybil Thorndike | ... | Granny McKinley |
| Chips Rafferty | ... | Sergeant Flaxman |
| Keith Calvert | ... | Smiley Greevins |
| Bruce Archer | ... | Joey |
| Margaret Christensen | ... | Ma Greevins |
| Reg Lye | ... | Pa Greevins |
| Grant Taylor | ... | Stiffy |
| Verena Kimmins | ... | Miss McCowan |
| Leonard Teale | ... | Mr. Stevens |
| Jannice Dinnen | ... | Jean Holt |
| Brian Farley | ... | Fred Jackson |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Bruce Beeby | ... | Dr. Gaspen |
| Ruth Cracknell | ... | Mrs. Gaspen |
| Guy Doleman | ... | Quirk |
| Gordon Chater | ... | Rev. Galbraith (uncredited) |
| Val Cooney | ... | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Barbara Eather | ... | Elsie (uncredited) |
| John Fegan | ... | Tom Graham (uncredited) |
| Richard Pusey | ... | Jimmy Goodwin (uncredited) |
| Frank Ransome | ... | Mick Mooney (uncredited) |
| William Rees | ... | Mr. Protheroe (uncredited) |
| Charles Tasman | ... | Vicar (uncredited) |
| John Tate | ... | Dave Rudge (uncredited) |
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| Anthony Kimmins | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Anthony Kimmins | writer | |
| Moore Raymond | novel | |
| Rex Rienits | writer | |
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| Anthony Kimmins | .... | producer | |
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| Wilbur Sampson | |||
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| Edward Scaife | |||
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| Gerald Turney-Smith | |||
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| John Hoesli | |||
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| Ken Muggleston | .... | set dresser (uncredited) | |
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| Keith Gow | .... | special effects | |
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| Clyde Collins | .... | composer: song "A Little Boy Called Smiley" | |
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- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1959) (USA) (theatrical)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)
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The poem given to Smiley by his father is "The Dog's Meeting", a bush ballad of anonymous authorship.See more »
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Onward Christian SoldiersSee more »
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*** This review may contain spoilers ***
The DVD release of this film was botched...the opening is in CinemaScope, but the rest of the film is in pan-and-scan. In this modern day, this is not acceptable.
As for the film itself, it was much better than I was expecting. The "Smiley" character is far more likable than one might presume, partially thanks to the child actor playing him.
Production values are more than acceptable, and the "colour" of the film print is very nice, unlike another 1950s film "Jedda" which (while in some respects a better film overall) has very dodgy colour.
The plot line is simple enough. The character "Smiley" is promised to be given a "nick" (or more) marked on a tree for every good deed he does. 8 "nicks" and he will be given a rather nice-looking rifle. A bad deed sees a "nick" removed from the tree bark. But there are troubles involving goats in a church, a bushfire and stolen gold that danger his attempts at getting "nicks" through good deeds.....or so it seems! The film is enjoyable, harmless stuff and it is a shame that the DVD release was screwed-up with a pan-and-scan transfer.