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The Wind of Change (Original title)The Scar (Working title)
Dates: 02 May 1960 (Production), 08 May 1961 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Vernon Sewell

Synopsis: Racial melodrama showing how a bigoted youth's hatred for coloured people tragically boomerangs.

Genre:
Melodrama

Subject:
Racism
Releases
Date: March 1961Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 64 mins Length: 5742 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (21)
a John Dark production: John Dark, Presents: Bryanston, [Distributed] In association with: Limited British Lion Films, Distributed by: LImited Bryanston Films, Produced by: John Dark, Production Manager: Morris Aza, Assistant Director: Rene Dupont, Continuity: Joan Kirk, Original Screenplay by: John Mclaren, Alexander Doré, Director of Photography: Basil Emmott, Camera Operator: Ceri Davies, Editor: Peter Pitt, Art Director: Duncan Sutherland, Make-up: Charles Nash, Music Composed and Directed by: Norman Percival, Sound Supervisor: Stephen Dalby, Recordist: C.T. Mason, Sound System: RCA Sound Recording, Made at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast (19)
Donald Pleasence (Pop), Johnny Briggs (Frank), Ann Lynn (Josie), Hilda Fenemore (Gladys), Glyn Houston (Det. Sgt. Parker), Norman Gunn (Ron), Bunny May (Smithy), David Hemmings (Ginger), Ken Mcgregor (coloured boy), Edna Doré (Edie), Angela Douglas (Denise), Patricia Garwood (Lina), Rosemary Frankau (woman in mews), Ted Bushell (Ted), Topsy Jane (Peggy), Antonita Dias (Sylvia), Bertie Green (bus conductor), Alan Smith, David Gregory (youth)