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The Glitterball (1977)

Director: Harley Cokliss

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From Time Out Film Guide

Enterprising little feature from the Children's Film Foundation which told - but five years earlier- precisely the same story as Spielberg's E.T. The extraterrestrial (a metal sphere) is insufficiently characterised and the adults are a drag, but it's neat and pacy with (on a limited budget) some excellent special effects.

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Cast & crew

Director: Harley Cokliss

Producer: Mark Forstater

Cast: Ben Buckton, Keith Jayne, Ron Pember, Marjorie Yates, Barry Jackson, Andrew Jackson full cast

Genre(s): Children's

Duration: 56 mins


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