Calamity the Cow is a 1967 British film directed by David Eastman and starring John Moulder-Brown and Elizabeth Dear. It was written by Eastman and Kerry Eastman and made for the Children's Film Foundation.[1][2] The film featured Phil Collins as a teenage actor three years prior to his joining Genesis.

Calamity the Cow
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Directed byDavid Eastman
Produced byIan Dalrymple
StarringJohn Moulder-Brown
Elizabeth Dear
Stephen Brown
CinematographyBert Mason
Edited byJack Drake
Production
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Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot summary

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Farmer Grant's children get him to buy a cow from another farmer. The children work hard to make the cow fit and healthy enough for the show ring. But at the last minute the other farmer, Kincaid, steals Calamity.

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Reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Against a background of village and farm-life, this children's film is filled out largely in terms of slapstick. The nicest touch is the Heath Robinson contraption which the children build from material they find in a junk-heap – an old bath and bits of a bedstead – to transport the cow to the show. The slapstick ranges from flying paint from a can on a revolving horn gramophone to the predictable but vigorous action of Calamity biffing the villainous Kincaid into a water trough. Fields and country lanes provide pleasant settings for an agreeable piece of children's entertainment."[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Calamity the Cow". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ Parkinson, David (30 October 2018). "5 things to know about the Children's Film Foundation". bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Calamity the Cow". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 34 (396): 105. 1 January 1967 – via ProQuest.
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