Geordie (film)
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Geordie (released in the United States as Wee Geordie) is a 1955 British film directed and co-produced by Frank Launder, with Bill Travers in the title role as a Scotsman who becomes an athlete and competes at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
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Geordie | |
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Directed by | Frank Launder |
Screenplay by | Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder |
Based on | Wee Geordie by David Walker |
Produced by | Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder |
Starring | Bill Travers as Geordie Paul Young as Young Geordie Alastair Sim as The Laird Norah Gorsen as Jean |
Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
Edited by | Thelma Connell |
Music by | William Alwyn |
Production company | Argonaut Film |
Distributed by | British Lion Films (UK) |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £218,384 (UK)[1] |
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The film is based on David Walker's 1950 novel of the same title, adapted for the screen by Launder and his co-producer Sidney Gilliat.