A girl cries out for her mother in the streets at the beginning of this social drama, just to underline the point. Barbara Murray (who of course is Stanley Holloway's daughter in Passport to Pimlico) is an overly caring social worker who gets involved with three homeless kids - an authoritative older sister and her two brothers. Kindly electrician Max Bygraves gets involved (and sings a song about rain).
With Mona Washbourne, Kathleen Harrison, Colin Petersen (harmonica playing kid) and Dana Wilson (big sister) - both Australian.
Vernon Harris adapted Elizabeth Coxhead's novel "The Friend in Need". Not as cosy as it might sound - the kids' father has murdered her mum. the other kid's mum is an alcoholic who kills herself, the couple running the kids' home are wholly unsympathetic.
Harmonica-led music from Larry Adler.
There's a strange James Bond connection in this film. Gilbert went on to direct You Only Live Twice, editor Peter Hunt edited the first Bond films and graduated to director on OHMSS, and dubbing editor John Glen ended up cutting OHMSS and others before himself graduating to director with For Your Eyes Only.
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