The Wonder Kid

Nov 18, 1951

1h 25m

★ 0.0

Overview

Bobby Henrey, the amazing juvenile star of The Fallen Idol, is here cast as 7-year-old musical genius Sebastian Giro. Mistreated by his avaricious adult manager, Sebastian runs away to a remote Alpine village. He then falls into the hands of a gang of kidnappers, led by the basically sympathetic Jack.

Genres

Drama

Adventure

Production Companies

London Films Productions

The Wonder Kid Trailers

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Cast

Sebastian Giro

Bobby Henrey

Mr. Gorik

Elwyn Brook-Jones

Miss Frisbie

Muriel Aked

Rudi

Oskar Werner

Rocks Cooley

Robert Shackleton

Anni

Christa Winter

Pizzo

Sebastian Cabot

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