The Glitterball (1977)
53m
Running Time
January 1, 1977Release Date
Plot.
When a group of small aliens accidentally abandons one of their own on Earth, adventurous kids Max and Pete stumble upon the "Glitterball" and attempt to return it to its mother ship. As the children learn more about the friendly alien and its magical powers, they must protect their new companion from an army corporal and a small-time thief who are both hunting the extraterrestrial for their own cruel purposes.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Ben Buckton
Max
Keith Jayne
Pete
Ron Pember
Filthy
Marjorie Yates
Mrs. Fielding
Barry Jackson
Mr. Fielding
Andrew Bradford
Corporal
Derek Deadman
Ice Cream Man
Frank Mills
Supermarket Manager
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Wiki.
The Glitterball is a 1977 British sci-fi children's film made by Mark Forstater Productions for the Children's Film Foundation. It was directed by Harley Cokeliss, credited under his birth name of Harley Cokliss. The film was screened at the 2010 Edinburgh Film Festival as part of a retrospective of 16 "rarely seen" British films made between 1967 and 1979, "rediscovered" after a year of detective work by event staff. In 1979, Methuen Publishing released the children's novel by the same name, written by screenwriters Howard Thompson and Harley Cokliss. ISBN 9780416863406.