Let the Balloon Go
1976 Australian film
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Let the Balloon Go is a 1976 Australian children's film about a young boy with polio in 1917.
Directed byOliver Howes
Written by
- Cliff Green
- Oliver Howes
- Richard Mason
Based onnovel by Ivan Southall
Produced byRichard Mason; Hal and Jim McElroy, associate producers
| Let the Balloon Go | |
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| Directed by | Oliver Howes |
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| Based on | novel by Ivan Southall |
| Produced by | Richard Mason; Hal and Jim McElroy, associate producers |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Edited by | Max Lemon |
| Music by | George Dreyfus |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | AU$400,000[1] or $285,000[2] |
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
- Nigel Lovell
- Ben Gabriel as Mr Sumner
Production
Reception
The film sold widely overseas including to the United States.[1]
