Johnny on the Run

Jun 1, 1953

1h 8m

★ 7.5

Overview

A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.

Genres

Family

Adventure

Production Companies

Children's Film Foundation (CFF)

International Realist

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Cast

Eugeniusz Chylek

Sydney Tafler

Michael Balfour

Edna Wynn

Village Boy

John Gilbert

Mrs. MacIntyre

Jean Anderson

Policeman

John Laurie

Mrs MacGregor

Mona Washbourne

Mr MacIntyre

Moultrie Kelsall

Janet MacGregor

Margaret McCourt

Kenneth MacGregor

Keith Faulkner

Susie

Cleo Sylvestre

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