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Seventy Deadly Pills
Seventy Deadly Pills
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  2. Seventy Deadly Pills

Seventy Deadly Pills

1963
1h 3m
Drama
Family

Status

Released

Release

1963

Runtime

1h 3m

Storyline

A small boy, Dickie Goodwin, finds some strychnine pills mixed with sweets in a stolen car left in a deserted garage. With them he buys his way into the Rocket Gang. Brian, the leader, shares out the pills for swaps next day. One of the gang eats hers and collapses. The police frantically search for the pills and a broadcast appeal is made. Brian hears this and reaches the gang at Battersea funfair just in time to save them.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 3m
Jan 1, 1963
Languages
English
Director
Pat Jackson
Production
Children's Film Foundation (CFF)
Children's Film Foundation (CFF)
Derick Williams Productions
Derick Williams Productions
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

23 Cast Members

Gareth Robinson

Brian

Len Jones

Len Jones

Phil Streaker

Robert Ferguson

Harry

Sally Thomsett

Sally Thomsett

Gerty

Linda Hansen

Nellie

Ronnie Johnson

Dickie Goodwin

Kenneth Colley

Kenneth Colley

Covent Garden porter

Barbara Ashcroft

Mrs. Briggs

Basil Beale

Mr. Briggs

Timothy Bateson

Timothy Bateson

Goldstone

Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming

Doctor

Warren Mitchell

Warren Mitchell

Lofty

Edward Cast

Police Constable Weaver

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Sergeant

Jack Howlett

Inspector

Ken Howard

Mobile Constable

Leslie Dwyer

Leslie Dwyer

Police Constable Robinson

William Forbes

Titch

Myrtle Reed

Mrs. Goodwin

Roberta Woolley

Roberta Woolley

Nurse

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