Danger on Dartmoor

1980 British film by David Eady

Danger on Dartmoor

Directed by| David Eady
Screenplay by| Audrey Erskine-Lindop
Dudley Leslie
Based on| original story by Audrey Erskine-Lindop
Dudley Leslie
Produced by| Michael Barnes
Starring| Marcus Evans
Simon Henderson
Debby Salter
Cinematography| Norman Jones
Edited by| Teddy Darvas
Raymond Poulton
Music by| Harry Robinson

Production
company

Eady-Barnes Productions Ltd

Distributed by| Children's Film Foundation (UK)

Release date

* 1980 (1980) (UK)

Running time

| 56 min
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

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

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

## Cast

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* 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

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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

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

## External links

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* Danger on Dartmoor at IMDb

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Works by Audrey Erskine Lindop

Novels|

* In Me My Enemy (1948)
* Soldiers' Daughters Never Cry (1948)
* The Tall Headlines (1950)
* The Singer Not the Song (1953)
* I Thank a Fool (1958)
* Nicola (1959)
* The Way to the Lantern (1961)
* I Start Counting (1966)
* Sight Unseen (1969)
* Journey Into Stone (1972)
* The Self-Appointed Saint (1975)

Screenwriter|

* Blanche Fury (1948)
* Tall Headlines (1952)
* The Rough and the Smooth (1959)
* Danger on Dartmoor (1980)

Story by film|

* The Singer Not the Song (1961)
* I Thank a Fool (1962)
* I Start Counting (1970)

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