Cry Wolf is a 1969 British film for the Children's Film Foundation directed by John Davis and starring Janet Munro and Ian Hendry.[1][2] It concerns two children Tony and Mary, who discover a plot to kidnap the prime minister.[3]

Cry Wolf
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Directed byJohn Davis
Written byJohn Davis
Screenplay byDerry Quinn
Produced byMichael Truman
StarringAnthony Kemp
Mary Burleigh
Martin Beaumont
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byNestor Lovera
Music byCliff Adams
Production
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Distributed byChildren's Film Foundation
Release date
  • December 1968 (1968-12)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

This was the final film of actress Janet Munro.

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Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Something of a variation on the usual Children's Film Foundation productions in that the villains are played straight: This certainly makes for greater plausibility, and despite some inconsistency in the playing and a rather feeble attempt af comedy, there is ample compensation in Judy Cornwell's splendid villainess and the suspense is quite effectively sustained."[4]

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  1. ^ "Cry Wolf". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. ^ CRY WOLF Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 37, Iss. 432, (Jan 1, 1970): 104.
  3. ^ "Cry Wolf (1968)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Cry Wolf". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 37 (432): 104. 1 January 1970 – via ProQuest.
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