Snowball (1960 film)
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Release date | 1960[1] |
Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Snowball is a 1960 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Gordon Jackson, Kenneth Griffith and Zena Walker.[2] It is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by James Lake.
Plot
10-year-old Mickey 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
Production
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.Critical reception
References
- ^ a b "Snowball (1960)". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016.
- ^ "Snowball". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 131. 1960 – via ProQuest.
- Kine Weekly. 518 (2755): 27. 21 July 1960 – via ProQuest.
External links
- Snowball at IMDb
- Snowball at ReelStreets