Escape from the Dark
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| Directed by | Charles Jarrott |
| Starring | Alastair Sim |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
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United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
Escape from the Dark is a 1976 drama film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Alastair Sim and Peter Barkworth.[1] A Walt Disney Productions film, it was retitled The Littlest Horse Thieves when released to the US in March 1977.[2]
This was Alastair Sim's final screen role.
Plot
Set in a mining town in Yorkshire, the film is about a company that plans to use machines instead of ponies to get coal. A group of children intervene to attempt a rescue of the ponies when they are to be killed but, after they are caught, the authorities must decide what to do about the ponies.
Cast
- Alastair Sim as Lord Harrogate
- Peter Barkworth as Richard Sandman
- Maurice Colbourne as Luke Armstrong
- Susan Tebbs as Violet Armstrong
- Andrew Harrison as Dave Sadler
- Chloe Franks as Alice Sandman
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