Film · 1958

Heart of a Child

Name: Heart of a Child
Director: Clive Donner
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: 1958-04-30

76 min · Directed by Clive Donner

Adventure Drama

6.73
ratings

A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher.

Cast

Jean Anderson

Maria

Donald Pleasence

Spiel

M

Maureen Pryor

Frau Spiel

N

Norman MacOwan

Heiss

John Glyn-Jones

Priest

Willoughby Goddard

Stott

Andrew Keir

Constable

J

John Boxer

Breuer

C

Carla Challoner

Elsa

Raymond Adamson

Hans Heiss

Charles Gray

Fritz Heiss

Philip Locke

1st Soldier

Lee Montague

2nd Soldier

T

Tina Robinson Hansen

Marta

J

John Liddell

Otto

P

Polly Clarke

Lilli

M

Marian Berry-Hart

Maid

R

Richard Williams

Karl

Crew

Director: Clive Donner
Producer: Alfred Shaughnessy
Writer: Phyllis Bottome, Leigh Vance
Editor: John Trumper
Cinematography: Peter Hennessy
Production Design: George Provis
Composer: Bruce Montgomery
Costume: Betty Adamson
Makeup: Eleanor Jones, George Blackler

Details

Studios: Beaconsfield Productions
Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Release: April 30, 1958

Themes

dog hero

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