A Boy Ten Feet Tall
Cast & Crew
Alexander Mackendrick
Edward G. Robinson
Fergus Mcclelland
Constance Cummings
Harry H. Corbett
Paul Stassino
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sammy, a 10-year-old boy whose parents were killed in the bombing of Port Said during the Suez Crisis, sets out for Durban to visit his Aunt Jane, unware that he must trek 5,000 miles across an entire continent. He is picked up by a Syrian peddler who plans to exploit him, but the man has an accident and dies. Sammy then encounters Gloria von Imhoff, a rich American tourist, but he distrusts her and runs away. His next acquaintance is Cocky Wainwright, a diamond smuggler and hunter who becomes fond of the lad and takes him to his hideout, teaches him to shoot, and reminisces about his past. Their happy relationship is abruptly ended when Cocky is arrested and taken to jail. He is visited there by Sammy's aunt, who accepts Cocky's advice that the boy be permitted to finish his journey alone. When Sammy finally reaches his aunt's hotel in Durban, she is there to greet him.
Director
Alexander Mackendrick
Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Fergus Mcclelland
Constance Cummings
Harry H. Corbett
Paul Stassino
Zia Mohyeddin
Orlando Martins
John Turner
Zena Walker
Jack Gwillim
Patricia Donahue
Jared Allen
Guy Deghy
Marne Maitland
Steven Scott
Frederick Schiller
Tajiri
Swaleh
Faith Brown
Crew
Michael Balcon
Michael Balcon
H. L. Bird
Bryanston Films
Denis Cannan
Robert Canning
Tristram Cary
Derek Creedon
Jean Fairlie
Sandy Fairlie
Ernie Farrer
Roy Ford
Henry Frewer
Richard Gill
Jack Harris
John Kingsley Heath
Peter Hendry
Erwin Hillier
Mary Kessell
Robert Kindred
Joan Kirk
Lou Lavelly
Philip Leakey
Terry Lens
Hal Mason
Michael Meighan
Tommy Miller
Henry Montsash
George Pink
Peter Price
Doris Prince
Ken Ritchie
John Rogers
Seven Arts Productions
Philip Shipway
Scott Slimon
Scott Slimon
Ted Tester
Laurie Turner
Norman Warwick
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in South Africa. Opened in London in March 1963 as Sammy Going South; running time: 128 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 8, 1965
Released in United States Winter December 31, 1963
CinemaScope
Released in United States January 8, 1965
Released in United States Winter December 31, 1963
