UK,
1970, 91 min
Directed by:
John HoughScreenplay:
Ronald HarwoodCast:
Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, Tony Bonner, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Bowles, Christopher Robbie, Joseph Fürst, Maxwell Craig (more)Plots(1)
Witnessing an assassination, a boy claims the assassins are hunting him. With his older sister, the pair escape numerous attacks and are aided by their grandfather and a resourceful young bystander even under the spectre of martial law. (Kino Lorber)
Cast
![Mark Lester](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/674/158674153_7e1509.jpg)
Mark Lester
UK
Best movies:
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
The Counterfeit Constable (1964)
Oliver! (1968)
![Lionel Jeffries](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/590/161590436_afb3cd.jpg)
Lionel Jeffries
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
The 13 Chairs (1969)
The Nun's Story (1959)
![Susan George](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/221/165221171_271254.jpg)
Susan George
UK
Best movies:
Straw Dogs (1971)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie)
Sonny & Jed (1972)
![Peter Vaughan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272527_c65377.jpg)
Peter Vaughan
UK
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999) (TV movie)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
![Tony Bonner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/854/160854327_5ce674.jpg)
Tony Bonner
Australia
Best movies:
Anzacs (1985) (series)
Silent Action (1975)
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
![Jeremy Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/639/163639114_a6a45b.jpg)
Jeremy Kemp
UK
Best movies:
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Cleopatra (1963)
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
![Peter Bowles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392278_170d00.jpg)
Peter Bowles
UK
Best movies:
Blow-Up (1966)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
![Christopher Robbie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088261_89e5ca.jpg)
Christopher Robbie
UK
Best movies:
Taggart (1983) (series)
Sudden Terror (1970)
The Lady and the Highwayman (1989) (TV movie)
![Joseph Fürst](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392276_8cdbf5.jpg)
Joseph Fürst
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Sudden Terror (1970)
55 Days at Peking (1963)
![Maxwell Craig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476611_3ee374.jpg)
Maxwell Craig
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Robert Russell
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Oliver Twist (1982) (TV movie)