The Yellow Balloon

A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.

Cast

Andrew Ray

as Frankie

Kathleen Ryan

as Emily Palmer

Kenneth More

as Ted Palmer

Bernard Lee

as Constable Chapman

Stephen Fenemore

as Ronnie

William Sylvester

as Len Turner

Marjorie Rhodes

as Mrs Stokes

Peter Jones

as Spiv

Eliot Makeham

as Pawnbroker

Sidney James

as Charlie

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