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Break Out (1984)

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Film details

Featuring

David Jackson Ian Bartholomew John Bowler
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1984
Genres

Children's Crime
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Breakout Alternative

Synopsis

Drama. On a bird-watching trip, David and his younger brother meet two escaped convicts - Donny the Bull (big and crazy), and Keith (weedy and sinister). The men take the boys with them, finding their presence at roadblocks useful, and go looking for the loot that Donny had buried years earlier. The men fight among themselves, and Donny saves the boys' lives. Trying to escape on the boat, to the boys' dismay, the police recapture Donny.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Donny
    
    David Jackson
  - Keith
    
    Ian Bartholomew
  - Phil
    
    John Bowler
  - David
    
    Simon Nash
  - Stephen
    
    John Hasler
  - police inspector
    
    Iain Rattray
  - policeman
    
    Brian Binns
  - policeman
    
    Stephen Jacobs
  - policeman
    
    Philip Barnes
  - policeman
    
    John Lester
  - policeman
    
    Barry Norman
  - policeman
    
    Ridgewell Hawkes
  - WPC
    
    Elizabeth Ryder
  - minder
    
    John Benfield
  - picnicker
    
    Irene Sutcliffe
  - picnicker
    
    John Line
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Frank Godwin
  - Production Company
    
    Eyeline Films
  - For
    
    Children's Film and Television Foundation
  - Producer
    
    Harold Orton
  - Producer
    
    Frank Godwin
  - Production Manager
    
    Denis Johnson Jr
  - Assistant Director
    
    Trevor Gittings
  - Screenplay
    
    Ranald Graham
  - Based on the novel 'A Place to Hide' by
    
    Bill Gillham
  - Director of Photography
    
    Ray Orton
  - Editor
    
    Gordon Grimward
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Daryl Jordan
  - Art Director
    
    Michael Pickwoad
  - Art Director
    
    Richard Hornsby
  - Wardrobe
    
    Maxine Brown
  - Make-up
    
    Wendy Rawson
  - Music
    
    Robertson, Harry
  - Sound Recording
    
    Phillips, Stanley
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Hugh Strain
  - Stunt Arranger
    
    Alan Stuart
  - Technical Adviser
    
    Grant Johnson

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