Cry Wolf (1969 film)

1968 British film by John Davis

Cry Wolf is a 1969 British film for the Children's Film Foundation directed by John Davis and starring Janet Munro and Ian Hendry.^[1][2] It concerns two children Tony and Mary, who discover a plot to kidnap the prime minister.^[3]

This was the final film of actress Janet Munro.

Plot

Cast

• Anthony Kemp as Tony
• Mary Burleigh as Mary
• Martin Beaumont as Martin
• Judy Cornwell as Stella
• Eileen Moore as Muriel Walker
• Maurice Kaufmann as Jim Walker
• John Trenaman as Ben
• Rex Stallings as Marksman
• Alfred Bell as Insp. Blake
• Mary Yeomans as Mrs. Whittle
• Pat Coombs as Mrs. Blades
• Kevin Manser as town clerk
• Alec Bregonzi as sound man
• Wilfrid Brambell delivery man (as Wilfred Brambell)
• Adrienne Corri as Mrs. Quinn, woman in tobacconist's shop
• Walter Gotell as Walter Gotell
• Ian Hendry as Hobson
• Janet Munro as Polly
• Roy Moore

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Something of a variation on the usual Children's Film Foundation productions in that the villains are played straight: This certainly makes for greater plausibility, and despite some inconsistency in the playing and a rather feeble attempt af comedy, there is ample compensation in Judy Cornwell's splendid villainess and the suspense is quite effectively sustained."^[4]

References

1. "Cry Wolf". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
2. CRY WOLF Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 37, Iss. 432, (Jan 1, 1970): 104.
3. "Cry Wolf (1968)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018.
4. "Cry Wolf". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 37 (432): 104. 1 January 1970 – via ProQuest.

External links

• Cry Wolf at the British Film Institute
• Cry Wolf at IMDb
• Cry Wolf at AllMovie