The Hostages (Original title)
Date: 1975 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: David Eady
Synopsis: Two escaped convicts break into a remote farm while the owners are shopping, and take the children as hostages, forcing them to provide food and clothing. There follows a series of incidents until the men are re-captured.
Genre: Children's
Releases
Date: 1975not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 59 mins Length: 5310 Feet
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v14 1976: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n10129 12 Apr 1975 Page: 10
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10129 12 Apr 1975: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v42 n501 October 1975 Page: 218
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v42 n501 October 1975: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Digital materials(3)
Description: WAV - DVDSound: SoundDuration: 62.3 minutesNIL - BFI identifier: C-1601447
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAV - DVDSound: SoundDuration: 62.3 minutesNIL - BFI identifier: C-1601448
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOVDuration: 00:56:58 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-3622177
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(1)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatColour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-41172
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 5332 FeetBFI identifier: C-688634
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 222 FeetBFI identifier: C-688635
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 5332 FeetBFI identifier: C-688636
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1525254
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-1525255
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1975 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: David Eady
Synopsis: Two escaped convicts break into a remote farm while the owners are shopping, and take the children as hostages, forcing them to provide food and clothing. There follows a series of incidents until the men are re-captured.
Genre: Children's
Releases
Date: 1975not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 59 mins Length: 5310 Feet
Credits
(13)
Production Company: Eady-Barnes Productions, Sponsor: Children's Film Foundation, Production Manager: Aivar Kaulins, Assistant Director: Claude Gresset, Assistant Director: Barry Read, Script: Michael Barnes, Photography: Jo Jago, Editor: Teddy Darvas, Art Director: George Provis, Music: Harry Robinson, Sound Recording: Dudley Plummer, Sunt arranger: Ken Shappard
Cast
(12)
Stephen Garlick (Helen), Jayne Collins (Kate), Peter Marshall (Tim), Lucinda Gorell-Barnes (Helen), Ray Barrett (Joe Blake), Robin Askwith (Terry Sladden), Jeremy Bulloch (policeman), Julian Holloway, Godfrey James, Mike Lewin, Ellen McIntosh, Tony Wright
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(3)
In: British National Film Catalogue v14 1976 Page: 135Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v14 1976: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n10129 12 Apr 1975 Page: 10
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10129 12 Apr 1975: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v42 n501 October 1975 Page: 218
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v42 n501 October 1975: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(9)
Digital materials(3)
Description: WAV - DVDSound: SoundDuration: 62.3 minutesNIL - BFI identifier: C-1601447
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAV - DVDSound: SoundDuration: 62.3 minutesNIL - BFI identifier: C-1601448
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOVDuration: 00:56:58 minutesV210 - BFI identifier: N-3622177
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(1)
Description: 1-inch C-FormatColour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-41172
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 5332 FeetBFI identifier: C-688634
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 222 FeetBFI identifier: C-688635
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 5332 FeetBFI identifier: C-688636
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original Colour NegativeBase: AcetateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1525254
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: AcetateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-1525255
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film