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The Blue Peter (1955 film)

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Director
  
Wolf Rilla

Produced by
  
Herbert Mason

Language
  
English

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Adventure, History, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

The Blue Peter (1955 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Don Sharp
,
John Pudney

Release date
  
November 1955 (United Kingdom)

Based on
  
story by Don Sharp

Cast
  
Kieron Moore
,
Sarah Lawson
,
Greta Gynt
,
Mervyn Johns
,
Harry Fowler
,
Anthony Newley

Cinematography
  
Arthur Grant, Geoffrey Faithfull

Similar movies
  
Kieron Moore appears in The Blue Peter and Anna Karenina

The Blue Peter is a 1955 British film (copyright 1954). The film was retitled Navy Heroes and released in the United States in December 1957. The film is about youth seamanship at the original Outward Bound in Aberdovey, Wales, a program similar to Sea Scouting or Sea Cadets.

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Plot

Shellshocked following his experiences as a POW, naval war hero Mike Merriworth (Kieron Moore) enrols as a physical instructor at an Outward Bound sea school in Wales, and discovers new purpose shaping the lives of the boys in his charge.

Cast

  • Kieron Moore as Mike Merriworth
  • Greta Gynt as Mary Griffin
  • Sarah Lawson as Gwyneth Thomas
  • Mervyn Johns as Captain Snow
  • Mary Kerridge as Mrs Snow
  • Harry Fowler as Charlie Barton
  • John Charlesworth as Andrew Griffin
  • Anthony Newley as Fred Starling
  • Brian Roper as Tony Mullins
  • Edwin Richfield as Number One
  • Richard Bennett as Roger
  • Critical reception

    TV Guide wrote, "Several humorous scenes of camping life and a lively group of youngsters brighten an otherwise routine programmer."

    References

    The Blue Peter (1955 film) Wikipedia
    The Blue Peter (1955 film) IMDb The Blue Peter (1955 film) themoviedb.org