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Tarka the Otter (1978)

Director: David Cobham

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From Time Out Film Guide

This episodic adaptation of Henry Williamson's novel seems determined to include stock shots of all British flora and fauna, whether relevant or not. It's a tale of love, tears, adventure, and close shaves, in which the animal stars act well; but only at the end, in the final confrontation between Tarka and his nemesis, Deadlock the otter-hound, does the film really jell. The rest suffers, as does the book, from a mixture of feyness and anthropomorphism, perhaps endearing in the 1920s but emerging as weakness in this more cynical age.

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Cast & crew

Director: David Cobham

Producer: David Cobham

Cast: Peter Bennett, Edward Underdown, Brenda Cavendish, John Leeson full cast

Genre(s): Children's

Duration: 91 mins


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