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Bookmark this pageThe Glitterball (1977)
Director: Harley Cokliss
Movie review
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.Author: TM
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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