6.10.18

miss robin hood (1952)

"Golly, here's the police."
Henry Wrigley (Richard Hearne) a teenage thriller writer, meets the eccentric Miss Honey (Margaret Rutherford). She soon involves him in her criminal venture, to steal back a secret recipe from a whiskey manufacturer (James Robertson Justice).
A curious amalgam of a film, seemingly pitched as a children's comedy.

the uncle

"Custard legs!"
The summer holidays start for 7 year old Gus (Robert Duncan), and with it endless days of playing out. The only downside, is the arrival of his cousin Tom (Christopher Ariss), which starts the other kids teasing him for being an uncle.
A charming boys eye view of childhood on a Plymouth estate in the mid 60's. Nothing much happens of note, other than to show you how carefree and unfettered children where then compared to modern childhood.