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It was used as a basis for two films, "The Secret Cave" released in 1953 and a 1985 film "Exploits At West Poley". Plot. Written in the Victorian era, the story is set in the fictional village of West Poley where water from a small river is used to run a watermill, but the miller's apprentice (a child) is badly beaten
26 nov 2021 · Our Exploits At West Poley, TV Film 1985. cryingonion2. 307 subscribers. 21. 2.4K views 2 years ago. Children's Film Foundation film, based on the story by Thomas Hardy. Anthony...
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16 feb 2023 · I recently watched the British kids' film "Our Exploits at West Poley". This version was made in 1985 and is the only one that I have found referred to online. However, I distinctly remember watching this film (or another based on the same book) as a boy way back in 1956/7. Does anyone have info on this? Was it made under another title?
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The box set kicks off with a feature that feels very much like a comic strip in The Eagle or Hotspur brought to life, and not just because the dialogue is occasionally very stilted! 1953’s The Clue of the Missing Ape was written and directed by James Hill, whose work also included more adult fare like an adaptation of Arnold Wesker’s The Kitchen (1...
Disc Two repairs the disappointment of its predecessor’s final offering with the excellent, star-studded adventure Runaway Railway. This 1966 film is directed by Jan Darnley-Smith who was responsible for CFF classic A Hitch in Time (1978) starring former Doctor Who Patrick Troughton and 1964’s Go Kart Go featuring Troughton’s Doctor Who companion, ...
The third and final disc in this boxset sees the CFF on the cusp of the 1980s, which means that this bumper volume has completely skipped the prolific 1970s era. It’s a strange decision, but there we are. Disc three opens with 1979’s Big Wheels and Sailor. Take a good look at the rather spoddy-looking bespectacled adolescent playing the part of Sim...
❉Our Magazine No 2 (1952, 10 mins): newsreel aimed at youngsters ❉Carry On laughing with Brit-comedy legend Peter Butterworth in three rare slapstick comedy shorts: Watch Out (1953, 18 mins), That’s an Order (1954, 18 mins) and Playground Express (1954, 16 mins) ❉Before Its Time: The Battle of Billy’s Pond (2021, 13 mins): in this new mini-doc, CFF...
This is a children's adventure film. A motherless boy goes to stay with his widowed aunt and older boy cousin in West Poley. The two boys become friends and explore the local caves, finding a secret cave inside a larger one with an underground stream/river.
Thomas Hardy Story. Pamela Lonsdale Producer. Keith Wilson Production Design. Reg Samuel Costume Design. Critics reviews. In the late 1800s, two boys decide to divert an underground river and this causes problems for everyone in two villages, who demand the water for themselves.
