Smiley (film)
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Directed by | Anthony Kimmins |
Produced by | Anthony Kimmins |
Written by | Anthony Kimmins Moore Raymond |
Starring | Ralph Richardson Chips Rafferty Colin Petersen |
Music by | William Alwyn |
Cinematography | Edward Scaife |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox London Films |
Release date(s) | 1956 |
Running time | 97 min. |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
Smiley is an Australian film made in 1956. It was produced and directed by Anthony Kimmins. It starred Ralph Richardson, Chips Rafferty, and Colin Petersen as Smiley. It tells the story of a young Australian boy who is determined to buy a bicycle for four pounds. Along the way he gets into many misadventures, including drug-running.
The film is based on the novel Smiley by Moore Raymond, who also wrote the source novel for the sequel film, Smiley Gets a Gun (1958).