- Sammy's Super T-Shirt
Infobox Film
name = Sammy's Super T-Shirt
caption =
director =Jeremy Summers
producer = Frank Godwin
writer = Frank Godwin
H. MacLeod Robertson
starring =Reggie Winch Lawrie Mark
David YoungKeith Jayne Richard Vernon Julian Holloway Patsy Rowlands
music = Harry Robertson
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =Children's Film Foundation
released = 1978
runtime = 58 minutes
language = English
country = flagicon|UK UK
budget =
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imdb_id = 0078200"Sammy's Super T-Shirt" is a British film made by the
Children's Film Foundation in 1978.ynopsis
Pint-size Sammy Smith's (Reggie Winch) greatest ambition is to become a sporting superstar. With the aid of his West Indian friend Marvin (Lawrie Mark) and the famous Professor Hercules'
body-building course, Sammy is training for thelong distance running championship. Two bullies, Sammy's rivals in the race, throw his 'lucky' Tiger T-shirt through the window of a research laboratory. In trying to get it back, Sammy upsets some electrical apparatus and in the resultant explosion the T-shirt is transformed into a source of tremendous power.The chief scientist, Mr. Trotter (Julian Holloway), and his boss, Mr. Becket (Vernon Kay), decide to exploit this discovery for their own ends, but Sammy and Marvin escape with the shirt, which enables Sammy to jump over the high factory wall, to stop the crooks car with one hand, and to run down the road like a rocket. After a number of narrow escapes, Sammy gets to the sportsground, but is tripped at the start of the race by the two bullies. With the aid of the super T-shirt, he succeeds in forging ahead, but as Marvin arrives at the ground, Sammy falters and is brought to a halt by the now volatile T-shirt. Marvin rips off the shirt and licks his chest, persuading Sammy to run under his own steam. Sammy eventually catches up and wins the race.
Music
The theme song, "Sammy's Super T-Shirt" was written by Harry Robinson and Frank Godwin. Robertson also wrote the original story, from which screenplay was adapted, and was credited as H. MacLeod Robertson.
References
* [http://www.btinternet.com/~paulguyton/sst/index.html Sammy's Super T-Shirt Fansite]
External links
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3kXPCGC4pI Short clip on YouTube]
* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1131498/index.html BFI Screenonline - "Sammy's Super T-Shirt"]
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