Danger on Dartmoor

Danger on Dartmoor is a 1980 British children's drama film directed by David Eady and starring Marcus Evans, Simon Henderson, Debby Salter, Barry Foster and Patricia Hayes.^[1][2][3]

Danger on Dartmoor
Directed by	David Eady
Screenplay by	Audrey Erskine-Lindop Dudley Leslie
Based on	original story by Audrey Erskine-Lindop Dudley Leslie
Produced by	Michael Barnes
Starring	Marcus Evans Simon Henderson Debby Salter
Cinematography	Norman Jones
Edited by	Teddy Darvas Raymond Poulton
Music by	Harry Robinson
Production company	Eady-Barnes Productions Ltd
Distributed by	Children's Film Foundation (UK)
Release date	1980 (1980) (UK)
Running time	56 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

Children lost in a fog on Dartmoor face dangers including a savage dog and an escaped prisoner.

Cast

• Marcus Evans as Robin Chudleigh
• Simon Henderson as Jonathan Chudleigh
• Debby Salter as Louise
• Barry Foster as Green
• Patricia Hayes as Mrs. Green
• Sam Kydd as Sam
• Michael Ripper as taxi driver
• Michael Goldie
• David Jackson as police sergeant
• Jonathan Newth as Mr. Chudleigh
• Mitzi Rogers as Mrs. Chudleigh

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Although the basic situation may prove a trifle over-familiar to all but the smallest children, a script remarkably free of clichés (e.g., Patricia Hayes never once saying of her convict son "He's a good boy"), an intelligent use of locations, and even the occasional idea that would serve in a higher-powered thriller (e.g., Louise converting Green to the straight and narrow with statistics from her pocket calculator) make for fifty-seven minutes without a single longueur. Nice performances all round, with a special mention to Demon."^[4]