When 10-year-old Willie is evacuated from the East End of London, he is chosen by Zander, 13-year-old son of an army captain, to be his companion in a rambling country house.
Jean Alexander
Nanny
Charles Kay
Captain Bassett
Philip Boddy
Zander
Lee Turnbull
Willie
Tat Whalley
Soldier Blake
Gordon Griffin
Uncle Wallace
Edward Highmore
Dad
Jack May
Grandfather
Alexa Povah
Aunt Ruth
Jemima Rooper
Annabel
Colin Finbow
Director, Writer
Brianne Perkins
Producer
Nov 22, 1957
Feb 7, 2020
May 3, 1957
Sep 10, 2021
Sep 10, 2002
Oct 17, 2019
May 24, 2018
Dec 7, 2023
Children's Film Unit
GB
Channel Four Films
United Kingdom
English