Smiley (film)

Smiley (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Smiley


imdb_id = 0049771
director = Anthony Kimmins
writer = Anthony Kimmins
Moore Raymond
starring = Ralph Richardson
Chips Rafferty
Colin Petersen
producer = Anthony Kimmins
music = William Alwyn
cinematography = Edward Scaife
distributor = Twentieth Century Fox
London Films
released = 1956
runtime = 97 min.
language = English

"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 performed 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.

External links

* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A7630;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 "Smiley" at the National Film and Sound Archive]
* [http://www.davidspicer.com/smiley.htm "Smiley"] at DavidSpicer.com


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