Let the Balloon Go
1976 Australian film
- Cliff Green
- Oliver Howes
- Richard Mason
- Robert Bettles
- Janet Kingsbury
- John Ewart
Production
company
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Film Australia
Release date
- 16 December 1976 (1976-12-16)
Running time
Let the Balloon Go is a 1976 Australian children's film about a young boy with polio in 1917.
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
Production
The film was shot near the town of Carcoar.[2]
Reception
The film sold widely overseas including to the United States.[1]
References
- ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 309
- ^ "LOVELY OLD TOWN IN FILM STAR MAKE-UP". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 24 December 1975. p. 34. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
External links
- Let the Balloon Go at IMDb
- Let the Balloon Go at Oz Movies
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