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Director
  
Oliver Howes

Music director
  
George Dreyfus

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Family

Duration
  

Country
  
Australia

Let the Balloon Go movie poster

Writer
  
Cliff Green
,
Oliver Howes

Release date
  
16 December 1976

Based on
  
novel by Ivan Southall

Initial release
  
December 16, 1976 (Australia)

Screenplay
  
Ivan Southall, Cliff Green, Oliver Howes, Richard Mason

Cast
  
Robert Bettles
(John Sumner),
Janet Kingsbury
(Mrs. Sumner),
John Ewart
(PC Baird),
Bruce Spence
(Chief Gifford),
Ray Barrett
(Dr. McLeod)

Similar movies
  
Robert Bettles and others appear in Let the Balloon Go and The Fourth Wish

Let the balloon go movie trailer


Let the Balloon Go is a 1976 Australian children's film about a young boy with polio in 1917.

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Plot

In 1917 rural New South Wales, a young boy with polio struggles to break free of his overprotective mother.

Cast

  • Robert Bettles as John Sumner
  • Jan Kingsbury as Mrs Sumner
  • John Ewart as Constable Baird
  • Bruce Spence as Acting Fire Chief Gifford
  • Ray Barrett as Dr McLeod

    • Production

    The film was shot near the town of Carcoar.

    Reception

    The film sold widely overseas including to the United States.

    References

    Let the Balloon Go Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Let the Balloon Go IMDb Let the Balloon Go themoviedb.org