The Contact (1963 film)
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Directed byPhilip Wrestler
Screenplay byPhilip Wrestler
Produced byLawrence G. Knight
| The Contact | |
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| Directed by | Philip Wrestler |
| Screenplay by | Philip Wrestler |
| Produced by | Lawrence G. Knight |
| Starring | John Hurt Pauline Collins Wendy Richard |
Production company | Senaca Films |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Contact is a 1963 British educational short film written and directed by Philip Wrestler and starring John Hurt and Pauline Collins.[1][2][3]
The film was sponsored by the Spastics Society and was designed to educate young people against prejudice to disabled people.[4] It was shot at Thomas Delarue School.[5]
Max is a physically disabled teenager with cerebral palsy. After being knocked to the ground by teenage boys on motorbikes, they take him to a youth club. There the boys and their friends realise that, apart from walking, Max is no different from them.
Cast
- John Hurt as Max
- Pauline Collins
- Georgina Patterson
- Wendy Richard as Joyce
- Rodney Goodall
- Hugh Halliday
- Graham Harper
- The Impacts as themselves