A group of children attempt to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on stealing valuable invention.
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Title: Peril for the Guy (1956)
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Cast
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| Frazer Hines | ... | Kim | |
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Mandy Harper | ... | Pat (as Amanda Coxell) |
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Christopher Warbey | ... | Freddie (as Chris Warbey) |
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Ali Allen | ... | Ali (as Ali Alleney) |
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Paul Daneman | ... | Professor Picton |
| Meredith Edwards | ... | PC Durrant | |
| Peter Copley | ... | Mr. Ritter | |
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Katherine Kath | ... | Anita Fox (as Katharine Kath) |
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David Bird | ... | Mr. Cook |
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Ian Whittaker | ... | Rupert |
| Dorothy Gordon | ... | Miss Clark | |
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Lee Fox | ... | Police Sergeant |
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Richard Molinas | ... | Signor Caspinelli |
| John Horsley | ... | Fireman | |
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A group of children attempt to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on stealing valuable invention.
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July 1956 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Gefahr für den Guy See more »Filming Locations:
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Another charming adventure from the Children's Film Foundation. This time a gang of kids is out to foil the plans of a sinister oil 'baron' and his goons, who they discover have kidnapped Prof. Picton PhD, the slick-haired inventor of an ingenious and much prized oil-detector device. The baron himself is of the old school, with his cut glass accent and manor house bedecked with suits of armour and oak panelled walls hiding secret doors - just the place for good old fashioned skullduggery!
Like other films from the Foundation this a ripping yarn told well, with great performances from the child leads. It's not a tale with much emotional power-unlike for example 'Johnny on the Run', another CFF film made 3 years prior-but it skips along at a jaunty pace with the kids getting into all sorts of amusing scrapes and taking every opportunity to tussle with the baddies. All in all a slight and enjoyable tale of kids (hooray!) defeating the baddies (boo!), with only a little help from the mostly dithering adults. Special mention too for Geoffrey Wright's playful score which adds much to the gentle silliness of this warm hearted film.