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Wikipedia article'Hunted in Holland' is a British children's film/crime film from 1961 directed by Derek Williams and starring Sean Scully, Jacques Verbrugge and Sandra Spurr. The script was written Ian Dalrymple and Williams. 'Hunted in Holland' was shot in Eastmancolor. PlotTim visits his penfriend Piet van Helder in Holland. Piet has a kid sister named Aanike. Tim throws away a raw herring, which lands in the megaphone of a man guiding British tourists in a channel boat. Confused he drops his walking stick into the water. When the children later fishes it up, they discover a valuable diamond bracelet hidden inside. The guide actually belongs to a gang of diamond thieves. Tim conceals the bracelet inside a hollow cheese. Cast*Sean Scully - Tim *Walter Randall - The guide *Thom Kelling - van Helder *Jacques Verbrugge - Piet van Helder *Sandra Spurr - Aanike van Helder *Riek Schagen - Mrs. van Helder *Jean Lemaire - Grandpa *John Soer - Man in blue *Paul Ostra - Diamond cutter *Sacco van der Made - Police superintendent *Gerard Doting - Dutch thug *Frans Kokshoorn - Dutch thug *K. Brouwer - Dutch thug *John Rowden - London crook Homage'Hunted in Holland' pays homage to Louis Lumire's 1895 silent film 'L'Arroseur Arros', in which a boy steps on the hose that a gardener is using to water his plants, cutting off the water flow. When the gardener tilts the nozzle up to inspect it, the boy releases the hose, causing the water to spray him. In this film Aanike van Helder is the scallywag. Sources*[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b72aaf5b2 'Hunted in Holland' (1960)] at BFI *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167613/ 'Hunted in Holland' (1961)] at The Internet Movie Database Category:British children's films Category:British crime films Category:Children's Film Foundation Category:1961 films Category:1960s children's films Category:1960s British films | |
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