Snowball (1960 film)
Snowball is a 1960 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Gordon Jackson, Kenneth Griffith and Zena Walker.[2] It was made at Beaconsfield Studios.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Harry Pottle.
| Snowball | |
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| Directed by | Pat Jackson |
| Written by | Anne Francis |
| Based on | novel Snowball by James Lake |
| Produced by | Leslie Parkyn Julian Wintle |
| Starring | Gordon Jackson Kenneth Griffith Zena Walker |
| Edited by | Peter Taylor |
| Music by | Clifton Parker |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors |
Release date | 1960[1] |
Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
10-year-old Mickey (Dennis Waterman) is late home from school. He tells his parents he was thrown off the school bus by the conductor for not having a ticket, obliging him to walk four miles. The local press makes an issue of the incident and the story snowballs out of control. The conductor, Phil Hart, a former POW with memory problems, is harassed until he collapses on railway tracks and is killed by a train. Mickey finally owns up to lying.
Cast
- Gordon Jackson as Bill Donovan
- Kenneth Griffith as Phil Hart
- Zena Walker as Mary Donovan
- Daphne Anderson as Nora Hart
- Dennis Waterman as Mickey Donovan
- John Welsh as Ted Wylie
- Myrtle Reed as Betty Martin
- Wensley Pithey as Jim Adams
- Eric Pohlmann as Editor
- Ronald Adam as Mr. King
- Roddy McMillan as Jack, 'bus conductor
- Jack Stewart as Senior Reporter
- Anthony Bate as Policeman
References
- "Snowball (1960)". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016.
- Goble p.272
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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