The Yellow Balloon

October. 03,1953      NR
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.

Andrew Ray as  Frankie
Kathleen Ryan as  Emily Palmer
Kenneth More as  Ted Palmer
William Sylvester as  Len Turner
Bernard Lee as  Constable Chapman
Sid James as  Charlie
Peter Jones as  Spiv
Marjorie Rhodes as  Mrs Stokes
Eliot Makeham as  Pawnbroker
Veronica Hurst as  Sunday School Teacher

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Reviews

Invaderbank
1953/10/03

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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Tayloriona
1953/10/04

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Adeel Hail
1953/10/05

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

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Marva
1953/10/06

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

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