The Box of Delights (TV Miniseries)
1984 · Movie · 177 min. · United Kingdom
The central character is Kay Harker who, on returning from boarding school, finds himself mixed up in a battle to possess a magical box, which allows the owner to go small (shrink) and go swift (fly), experience magical wonders contained within the box and go into the past. The owner of the box is an old Punch and Judy man called Cole Hawlings, whom Kay meets at a railway station. They develop an instant rapport, and this leads Cole to confide that he is being chased by a man called Abner Brown and his gang. For safety, Cole entrusts the box to Kay, who then goes on to have many adventures. The episodes are: "When the Wolves Were Running" "Where Shall the 'Nighted Showman Go?" "In the Darkest Cellars Underneath" "The Spider in the Web" "Beware of Yesterday" "Leave Us Not Little, Nor Yet Dark"
Direction Renny Rye
Cast Devin Stanfield · Patrick Troughton · Robert Stephens · Geoffrey Larder · Jonathan Stephens · Joanna Dukes · Heidi Burton · Flora Page · Carol Frazer · Crispin Mair · Glyn Baker · James Grout · John Horsley · Patricia Quinn · Helen Fraser · Anne Dyson · Stewart Harwood · Nick Berry
Soundtrack Roger Limb
Screenplay Alan Seymour · John Masefield
Cinematography Colin Reid
Original title The Box of Delights
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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