Danger on Dartmoor

1980 British film by David Eady

1980 (1980) (UK)

Running time

56 minCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Danger on Dartmoor is a 1980 British children's drama film directed by David Eady and starring Marcus Evans, Simon Henderson, Debby Salter, Barry Foster and Patricia Hayes.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Children lost in a fog on Dartmoor face dangers including a savage dog and an escaped prisoner.

Cast

Marcus Evans as Robin Chudleigh
Simon Henderson as Jonathan Chudleigh
Debby Salter as Louise
Barry Foster as Green
Patricia Hayes as Mrs. Green
Sam Kydd as Sam
Michael Ripper as taxi driver
Michael Goldie
David Jackson as police sergeant
Jonathan Newth as Mr. Chudleigh
Mitzi Rogers as Mrs. Chudleigh

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Although the basic situation may prove a trifle over-familiar to all but the smallest children, a script remarkably free of clichés (e.g., Patricia Hayes never once saying of her convict son "He's a good boy"), an intelligent use of locations, and even the occasional idea that would serve in a higher-powered thriller (e.g., Louise converting Green to the straight and narrow with statistics from her pocket calculator) make for fifty-seven minutes without a single longueur. Nice performances all round, with a special mention to Demon."^[4]

References

^ "Danger on Dartmoor". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
^ "Danger on Dartmoor (1980)". Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
^ "Danger on Dartmoor – review | cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.
^ "Danger on Dartmoor". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 47 (552): 110. 1 January 1980 – via ProQuest.