| Child's Play | |
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| Directed by | Margaret Thomson |
| Written by | Don Sharp |
| Produced by | Herbert Mason |
| Starring | Mona Washbourne Peter Martyn Dorothy Alison Ingeborg von Kusserow Carl Jaffe Ballard Berkeley Peter Sallis Christopher Beeny[1] |
| Cinematography | Denny Densham |
| Edited by | John Legard |
| Music by | Antony Hopkins |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Child's Play is a 1954 British science fiction film directed byMargaret Thomson and starringMona Washbourne andChristopher Beeny.[2] The script was byDon Sharp, who also worked on the film as an assistant.[3][4]
A group of children ("the holy terrors") manage to split the atom and thereby create a new form of popcorn.
Don Sharp had been in hospital for nearly two years with tuberculosis. When he came out, executives atGroup 3 Films invited him to see if he had any ideas for a film and he pitched themChild's Play. He said Group 3's practice was to team an experienced producer with an inexperienced director so Herbert Mason was teamed with Margaret Thomson. Sharp called it "a good little picture" and he would work with Group 3 on several more occasions.[5]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "An engaging fantasy, done with good humour and a freshness that atones for the roughness of some of the edges. One could, perhaps, have wished a little more satire and a little less obvious farce; but the film is likeable, and will be enjoyed by adults as well as children."[6]
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