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Under the Frozen Falls

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Under the Frozen Falls
Directed byDarrell Catling
Written byMary Cathcart Borer
Screenplay byMary Cathcart Borer
Story byJ H Martin Cross
Produced byMary Field
StarringHarold Warrender
Jacques Brown
Ray Jackson
CinematographyGeorge Stretton
Edited byFrederick Wilson
Music byMischa Spoliansky
Production
companies
Gate Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (GFD)
Release dates
21 March 1948 (UK, London)
16 December 1951 (Denmark, as Under det frosne vandfald)
7 June 1957 (East Germany, as Die falschen Detektive),
2 January 1968, (TV, West Germany, as Abentauer in der Tropfsteinhohle)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Under the Frozen Falls is a 1948 British children's film directed by Darrell Catling and starring Harold Warrender, Jacques Brown and Ray Jackson.

The original screenplay was written by Mary Cathcart Borer as a film for children. It was later adapted as a book by J. H. Martin Cross.[1] A party of boys who collect lead from a disused lead mine in Somerset for model making become involved with the kidnappers of a distinguished scientist. Lost secret plans and misadventures with dynamite add a thrill to the story.

The film was one of the four of David Rawnsley's films that used his "independent frame" technique, a form of back projection.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "The Book of the Mary Field Film, adapted from the original screen play for Children's Entertainment Films" by J. H. Martin Cross (1950). Under the Frozen Falls. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.
  2. ^ IMDb has her erroneously as "Mrs. Riley" who does not appear in the film