Let the Balloon Go

1976 Australian film
  • Cliff Green
  • Oliver Howes
  • Richard Mason
Based onnovel by Ivan SouthallProduced byRichard Mason; Hal and Jim McElroy, associate producersStarring
  • Robert Bettles
  • Janet Kingsbury
  • John Ewart
CinematographyDean SemlerEdited byMax LemonMusic byGeorge Dreyfus
Production
company
Film Australia
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • 16 December 1976 (1976-12-16)
Running time
92 minsCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglishBudgetAU$400,000[1]

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

  1. ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 309
  2. ^ "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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