Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)

Adventure in the Hopfields: Directed by John Guillermin. With Mandy Miller, Hilda Fenemore, Russell Waters, Harold Lang. A little girl accidentally breaks her mother’s favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it.

“Mandy Miller demonstrates that her captivating performance as u0026#39;Mandyu0026#39; was no flash in the pan in what is easily the most delightful and accomplished Childrenu0026#39;s Film Foundation presentation – directed by an up-and coming John Guillermin – Iu0026#39;ve so far seen. (I wonder what changes were made to the revised edition of 1972 the credits on the print on Talking Pictures declare it to be?)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBeautifully shot by Ken Talbot in Kent in what was obviously a glorious summer in 1953 (when 45/- was an eye-watering sum to pay for a ceramic dog) with a lively score by an uncredited Ronald Binge. Obviously young Jenny doesnu0026#39;t go to her local pictures often enough or she would have seen Harold Lang play spivs often enough to have given him a wide berth; but heu0026#39;s here playing a good guy and for a CFF production thereu0026#39;s an unusual absence of out-and-out villains, even young tearaway Melvyn Hayes coming through in the end. The amazing cast also ranges from a young Dandy Nichols and Edward Judd to an even younger Jane Asher.”