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Danny the Champion of the World (1989)

Danny the Champion of the World (1989)

Drama Family TV Movie
Release Date: 1989, July 28
Directors: Gavin Millar
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Children's Film Foundation (CFF), Children's Film Foundation (CFF), Thames Television, Thames Television, Portobello Pictures, Portobello Pictures
Cast: William Armstrong, Robbie Coltrane, Jeremy Irons, Richard Cubison, Ronald Pickup, Jonathan Adams, Andrew MacLachlan, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Jean Marsh, John Grillo, John Woodvine

Overview:

Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant- shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.

Keywords:

father son relationship single father based on children's book gypsy poacher pheasant