opens a season of films by the distinguished writer-director,
BRYAN FORBES starring Hayley Mills
Bernard Lee , Alan Bates On a lonely Lancashire farm, the Bostock children live in a private world of their own. One day the youngsters discover a man hidden in their barn.
The man is a murderer on the run, but the children, especially 14-year-old Kathy, believe him to be Jesus
Christ.... This unusual film is considered one of the best films about childhood ever made and mixes humour and excitement to tell its story.
Screenplay by KEITH WATERHOUSE and Willis HALL
From the original novel by MARY HAYLEY BELL
Produced by RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH Directed by BRYAN FORBES
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