Top Billed Cast

Hayley Mills
Kathy Bostock
Bernard Lee
Mr. Bostock
Alan Bates
The Man, Arthur Alan Blakey
Norman Bird
Eddie
Diane Clare
Sunday School Teacher, Miss Lodge
Patricia Heneghan
Salvation Army Girl
John Arnatt
Supt. Teesdale
Elsie Wagstaff
Auntie Dorothy
Hamilton Dyce
The Vicar
Howard Douglas
The Vet, Dr. Weaver
Ronald Hines
PC Thurstow
Gerald Sim
Detective
Michael Lees
1st Civil Defence Worker
Michael Raghan
2nd Civil Defence Worker
May Barton
Villager
Diane Holgate
Nan Bostock
Alan Barnes
Charles Bostock
Roy Holder
Jackie Greenwood
Barry Dean
Raymond
Christine Ashworth
Disciple
John Boden
Disciple
Doreena Clark
Disciple
Keith Clement
Disciple
Pamela Lonsdale
Disciple
Judy Ollerenshaw
Disciple
Lois Read
Disciple
Nigel Stafford
Disciple
Anne Newby
Latecomer
Julie Jackson
Latecomer
Robert Palmer
Disciple

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jan 26 2025

An almost internecine plot supports this wonderfully nostalgic story of rural life in late 1950s England. A trio of youngsters live on a farm with their rather neglectful, but not negligent, widower father; their aunt "Dolly" and "Eddie" the general factotum. The children rescue a litter of kittens and secrete them around their farm, soliciting God's help to keep them safe. When they go to inspect their charges they discover a poorly young man (Alan Bates) in the barn and assume that he is Jesus - even down to feeding him bread and wine and to protecting him from adults who may wish to visit th...