On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise...
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| Virginia McKenna | ... | Mrs. Walker | |
| Ronald Fraser | ... | Uncle Jim | |
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Simon West | ... | John Walker - Swallow |
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Suzanna Hamilton | ... | Susan Walker - Swallow (as Zanna Hamilton) |
| Sophie Neville | ... | Titty Walker - Swallow | |
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Stephen Grendon | ... | Roger Walker - Swallow |
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Kit Seymour | ... | Nancy Blackett - Amazon |
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Lesley Bennett | ... | Peggy Blackett - Amazon |
| Brenda Bruce | ... | Mrs. Dixon | |
| Mike Pratt | ... | Mr. Dixon | |
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John Franklyn-Robbins | ... | Young Billy |
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Jack Woolgar | ... | Old Billy |
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David Blagden | ... | Policeman |
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On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise this has been the territory of two other girls who sail the Amazon, and the scene is set for serious rivalry. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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Sung by the Swallows, the Amazons and Uncle Jim
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Second of three filmed versions of "Swallows And Amazons" after the made-for television black-and-white six episode television series Swallows and Amazons (1963) which had been made and first broadcast about eleven years earlier. The third version, Swallows and Amazons (2016), was made and first released about forty-two years after this 1974 motion picture. See more »Goofs
When the children are fishing from the boat the fish that John catches is very clearly already dead when he catches it. See more »Soundtracks
What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor?(uncredited)
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Sung by the Swallows, the Amazons and Uncle Jim
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A classic childhood adventure set in English Lake District in 1929. Four pre-teens travel by train with their mother for a weeks holiday in the Lake District. The children spend their time exploring in a rowing boat & camping on a small island. They befriend two sisters & become involved in an intrigue with their uncle; having adopted a pirates view of their world. The children enter a world of magic & adventure, where their freedom & imagination are the special effects. A charming tale, with exquisitely rendered period detail in a timeless landscape that will have you aching for a simpler age. Do not miss - your inner child will thank you for it.