Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)

Director:

John Guillermin

Writers:

John Cresswell (writer)
Nora Lavin (novel)

Release Date:

1954 (UK)

Genre:

Adventure | Family

Plot:

A little girl accidentally breaks her mother's favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it. |

Plot Keywords:

Porcelain | Dog | Children | Mill | Rescue

Cast

Mandy Miller	...	Jenny Quin
Hilda Fenemore	...	Mrs. Quin
Russell Waters	...	Mr. Quin
Harold Lang	...	Sam Hines
Melvyn Hayes	...	Reilly
León García	...	Pat Reilly
Mona Washbourne	...	Mrs. McBain
June Rodney	...	Laura McBain
Mickey McGuire	...	George McBain
Janice Field	...	Lucy McBain
Dandy Nichols	...	Mrs. Harris
Molly Osborne	...	Susie Harris
Barry Martin	...	Frankie Harris
Phyllis Morris	...	Mrs. Bligh
Leonard Sharp	...	China Mender

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Goudhurst, Kent, England, UK

Company:

Roger Proudlock Productions

Trivia:

All copies of the film were thought to be lost until an American film fan found a copy in a rubbish skip outside a Chicago television studio. He sold it to a UK enthusiast who showed it for the first time in fifty years on 8 March 2002 in the village hall at Goudhurst, Kent where it was originally filmed.

Looking for a copy of this CFF film

Watched this in the mid to late sixties on German TV and was always trying to find a copy. Is there anybody out there who has one and would be willing to make a copy for me? I'm looking for this one for more than 40 years. This would be a dream come true! My e-mail address is [e-mail].

The British Children's Film Foundation (CFF) produced lots of very good and very thrilling movies for kids in the fifties and until the mid sixties. Everything that has been made after 1966 is unfortunately not nearly as good as the early black & white films.

Rank Screen Services and Rayant Pictures were among the movie production companies who made movies for CFF.

The CFF has been founded by Mary Field.

This film was on the German channel Pro7 in the summer of 1989. Unfortunately I missed recording it. I hope somebody was smarter than me, recorded it and later transfered it to DVD.