Quincy's Quest

December. 24,1979

Rating：

7.3

Genre：

Fantasy Comedy Family

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

It's the night before Christmas, and all the toy store rejects are due to be tossed into the furnace. This includes Quincy, a most lifelike doll. In a last ditch effort to save himself and his "unwanted" chums from incineration, he goes on a long and perilous journey in search of the only one who can save them: Santa Claus.

Tommy Steele as Quincy

Mel Martin as Rebecca

Roy Kinnear as Top

Patsy Kensit as Jennifer

Aubrey Woods as Mr Perfect

Lila Kaye as Mrs Clause

Willoughby Goddard as General

Tony Aitken as Father Christmas

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Reviews

Pluskylang

1979/12/24

Great Film overall

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Stevecorp

1979/12/25

Don't listen to the negative reviews

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Pacionsbo

1979/12/26

Absolutely Fantastic

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Marva

1979/12/27

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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Prismark10

1979/12/28

Tommy Steele was a popular entertainer when I was a kid. A pop singer, actor and frequent performer in musicals.He had a trademark toothy grin but I was surprised how relatively few films he made.In the late 1970s he branched out into television and made two Christmas Specials for ITV and Quincy's Quest was one of them. You might say it was the Toy Story of its day.A live action extravaganza with plenty of blue screen. Steele plays Quincy an imperfect toy among group of rejected ones in a department store and are set to be destroyed. He sets outs in a quest to visit Santa in his grotto on the top floor in order to save these toys destined to be thrown into the fire. However a wicked witch is hellbent on stopping Quincy.Quincy gets detoured along the way, a showman puts him on a wrong train which crashes, a damsel sends him to the army and then he battles giant robots.Its really musical theatre with plenty of effects. Steele is in his element with the song and dance numbers, Mel Martin is very appealing and Gretchen Franklin (Ethel from Eastenders) is the witch.The special effects have dated but its still an enjoyable show for kids.

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Ogy

1979/12/29

I also have very fond memories of this film as a young child. I am determined to get a copy. I had this on video tape for a very long time as a child and know it word for word - even now I'd guess I could name the next line/screen. However, as this get played repeatedly in my house by me and my brother it eventually wore out! Finally when we moved house my parents used the opportunity to 'accidentally loose it'. Can you believe it? I was so pleased to find this notice board as none of my mates has ever heard of it. This is not just for me but to show my young children - to show them how we did things before animation!!! Please help if you know where I can get a copy of this wonderful oldie.

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t-weir

1979/12/30

This is one of the best christmas films i have seen, my mother and myself hope each year for it to come on the TV. I would love to get it if anyone knows where i could buy it i would love to know. Please put it on again, Where is Tommy Steele these days any way???

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dan.taylor

1979/12/31

The Holy Grail. The Fisher King. Moby Dick. The quest motif is as old as story-telling itself, but never told so effectively or thought-provokingly as this 1979 masterpiece. Steele is solid, Franklin the stuff of childhood nightmares,but it is Reed's bold, sweeping directorial strokes that set this epic towering over its contemporaries. The fact it is set at Christmas lends it atmosphere but is immaterial - the themes are timeless, as valid now as they ever were. Essential.

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