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 |
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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).
The novel also inspired a musical, "Smiley The Musical", with music by Clyde Collins, David Cocker, Mark Jones and Lance Strauss. The 2004 studio cast recording was peformed by John Watson, Jason Barry-Smith, James King, Leisa Barry-Smith, Justine Anderson, Renae Bedford, Samantha Hardgrave, Gabriella Leibowitz, David Irvine, David Cocker, Darryl Weale and Simon Burvill-Holmes.
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