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Johnny on the Run

83
Audience
1h 8m
Adventure, Family
Starring Sydney Tafler · Michael Balfour · John Gilbert
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A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.

Director
Lewis Gilbert
Producer
Lewis Gilbert
Studio
Children's Film Foundation (CFF), International Realist
Keywords
edinburgh, scotland runaway child jewelry thieves
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Cast

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S
Sydney Tafler
M
Michael Balfour
J
John Gilbert
Village Boy
J
Jean Anderson
Mrs. MacIntyre
J
John Laurie
Policeman
M
Mona Washbourne
Mrs MacGregor
M
Moultrie Kelsall
Mr MacIntyre
K
Keith Faulkner
Kenneth MacGregor
C
Cleo Sylvestre
Susie

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