Geordie (film)

Geordie
Directed by	Frank Launder
Written by	Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder David Walker (novel)
Produced by	Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder
Starring	Bill Travers Alastair Sim Norah Gorsen
Cinematography	Wilkie Cooper
Edited by	Thelma Connell
Music by	William Alwyn
Release date	1955
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Template:Film UK
Language	English

Geordie (released in the U.S. as Wee Geordie) is a 1955 British film based on David Walker's novel of the same title, with Bill Travers in the title role as a Scotsman who becomes an athlete at the Olympic Games. The cast includes Alistair Sim and Norah Gorsen.

It has been criticised for its condescending treatment of the Scots, and for the performance of Gorsen as Geordie's girlfriend, described as "one of the worst attempts at a Scottish accent ever to appear on screen, although there are a number of serious contenders for that title".

Cast

• Alastair Sim - The Laird
• Bill Travers - Geordie
• Norah Gorsen - Jean
• Molly Urquhart - Geordie's mother
• Francis de Wolff - Samson
• Jack Radcliffe - The Minister
• Brian Reece - Olympic Selector
• Raymond Huntley - Olympic Selector
• Miles Malleson - Lord Paunceton
• Jameson Clark - Geordie's father
• Doris Goddard - Helga
• Stanley Baxter - Postman
• Duncan Macrae - Schoolmaster
• Paul Young - Young Geordie
• Anna Ferguson - Young Jean
• Margaret Boyd - Laird's maid
• Michael Ripper - Australian journalist

See also

• 1956 Summer Olympics

External links

• Geordie at IMDb
• Wee Geordie at the TCM Movie Database