Ladybug Ladybug (film)
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| Directed by | Frank Perry |
| Produced by | Frank Perry |
| Written by | Eleanor Perry |
| Starring | Jane Connell William Daniels Nancy Marchand Estelle Parsons Alice Playten |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | December 23, 1963 |
| Running time | 82 min. |
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
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Ladybug Ladybug is a 1963 American motion picture, directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Frank Perry, about a group of school children caught up in the panic of a possible impending nuclear attack.
The film was the second collaboration between the husband and wife team of Frank (director) and Eleanor Perry (screenwriter), after their highly-acclaimed 1962 debut, David and Lisa.
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[edit] Plot
During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, teachers at a secluded countryside elementary school are asked to walk their pupils home after a nuclear bomb warning alarm goes off. What they don't know is that, in fact, the alarm was tripped by accident and there is no danger; but the adults and children have by this point fully accepted the dread of the oncoming nuclear holocaust. The anxiety builds as they are led home by their teachers along endless dirt roads and isolated fields. When the children gain access to a bomb shelter, they refuse entry to a less popular girl, claiming there isn't enough room. The child searches for a place to hide from the assumed oncoming attack, finding an abandoned refrigerator. She hides inside, only to suffocate to death, the tragic result of undue panic and paranoia caused by the Cold War.
[edit] Trivia
This film was the motion picture debut of both William Daniels and Estelle Parsons.
[edit] Cast
Jane Connell as Mrs. Maxton
William Daniels as Mr. Calkins
Nancy Marchand as Mrs. Andrews
Estelle Parsons as Johnn's Mother
