Release Date: 1974-06-01
Overview: On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set up camp for a few days. They soon realise this has been the territory of two other girls who sail the Amazon, and the scene is set for serious rivalry.
Rating: 7.7 / 10
Virginia McKenna
as Mrs. Walker
Ronald Fraser
as Uncle Jim
Suzanna Hamilton
as Susan Walker
Simon West
as John Walker
Sophie Neville
as Titty Walker
Claude Whatham - Director
Arthur Ransome - Novel
Wilfred Josephs - Original Music Composer
Dennis C. Lewiston - Director of Photography
Emma Porteous - Costume Design
This is a lovely story that those of us (of a certain age) will look back on with a simple fondness. A family go on holiday to the English Lake District where they set up a camp on an island. Soon the...