The Little Riders

The Little Riders is a book by Margaretha Shemin, that was made into a television movie in 1996 which aired on the Disney Channel. It tells the story of Joanna Hunter, a young Dutch-American girl who goes to visit her grandparents in the Netherlands, when the Nazis occupy the village. Joanna must protect the statues in the town's clock tower of the freedom fighters who defended the village, when the Nazis threaten to destroy them.

The movie had a mix of British and international talent. Johanna was played by Noley Thornton. Fellow American Luke Edwards also starred. British Legends like Paul Scofield, Rosemary Harris and Malcolm McDowell were the adult leads. Derek de Lint, Renée Soutendijk, Hidde Maas and Wim Serlie also starred from the Netherlands along with other Brits such as Benedick Blythe, Christopher Villiers and Martin Delaney in smaller roles. Some of the scenes were filmed in the village of De Rijp (the Netherlands) in the summer of 1995.

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Disney Channel Premiere Films/Disney Channel Movies

Tiger Town (1983)
Just Like Mr. Sunny (1983)
Gone Are the Days (1984)
Snow White (1984)
Love Leads the Way (1984)
Lots of Luck (1985)
The Undergrads (1985)
The Caldercott Story (1985)
The Blue Yonder (1985)
Help Wanted: Kids (1986)
Mr. Boogedy (1986)
Disney's Treasure Island (1986)
The Parent Trap II (1986)
Spot Marks the X (1986)
Down the Long Hills (1986)
Fluppy Dogs (1986)
Strange Companions (1987)
Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables (1987)
Not Quite Human (1987)
The Christmas Visitor (1987)
Rock N Roll Mom (1988)
Save the Dog (1988)
The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988)
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss (1988)
A Friendship in Vienna (1988)
Good Old Boy (1988)
Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (1988)
The Parent Trap III (1989)
Not Quite Human II (1989)
The Parent Trap IV: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)
Lantern Hill (1990)
Chips, the War Dog (1990)
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)
Back Home (1990)
The Little Kidnappers (1990)
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990)
Bejewelled (1991)
Perfect Harmony (1991)
Mark Twain and Me (1991)
Still Not Quite Human (1992)
The Ernest Green Story (1993)
Spies (1993)
Heidi (1993)
On Promised Land (1994)
Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy (1994)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1995)
Escape to Witch Mountain (1995)
The Four Diamonds (1995)
The Little Riders (1996)
Nightjohn (1996)
Susie Q (1996)
Wish Upon a Star (1996)
The Paper Brigade (1997)
Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars (2010)
16 Wishes (2010)
My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011)

Films directed by Kevin Connor

From Beyond the Grave (1973)
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
Trial by Combat (1976)
At the Earth's Core (1976)
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
Warlords of Atlantis (1978)
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Motel Hell (1980)
Goliath Awaits (1981)
The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
Sunset Grill (1993)
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995)
The Little Riders (1996)
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997)
Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
In the Beginning (2000)
Santa, Jr. (2002)
Just Desserts (2004)
Frankenstein (2004)
A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004)
Domestic Import (2006)
Blackbeard (2006)
Marco Polo (2007)
Always and Forever (2009)

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