The Christmas Tree (1966 film)
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Kate Nicholls
Anthony Honour
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| Directed by | Jim Clark |
| Screenplay by | Michael Barnes |
| Starring | William Burleigh Kate Nicholls Anthony Honour |
| Cinematography | Peter Suschitzky |
| Edited by | Colin Cherrill |
| Music by | Douglas Gamley |
Production company | Augusta Productions Limited |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Christmas Tree is a 1966 British children's adventure film directed by Jim Clark and starring William Burleigh, Kate Nicholls and Anthony Honour, with an early film role for Brian Blessed.[1][2][3] It was written by Ed Harper and Michael Barnes and produced for the Children's Film Foundation. A group of children take a Christmas tree to a London hospital.
A trio of children are given the task of transporting a Christmas tree to a London hospital for Christmas. They narrowly manage to get it onto a bus, much to the annoyance of other passengers and then it is carried on the back of a jeep while they hitch a ride on a motorcycle. They carry it through rural villages, and accidentally drop it in a river, requiring them to rescue it. They hitch a ride in an American car, which turns out to be driven by robbers. Hearing a description of them over the radio, the children disperse the stolen money out of the back door window while travelling through a village, leading to their arrest. The Christmas tree finds itself on a tank on military property, 30 miles from London before finally reaching its destination thanks to an army bus of soldiers and a truck.
The film ends at St Vincent's Hospital with the children and a bespectacled Santa singing carols by the repaired and now well-decorated tree.
Cast
- William Burleigh as Gary
- Kate Nicholls as Jane
- Anthony Honour as Sam
- Doreen Keogh as mother
- Anthony Baird as father
- Oliver MacGreevy as Baldy the crook
- George Tovey as Darky the crook
- Brian Blessed as mobile policeman
- Geoffrey Whitehead as policeman
- Sydney Bromley as vintage car driver (uncredited)