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Sammy Going South is a 1963 British adventure film about a boy's journey from Egypt to South Africa. It was based on a novel by W.H. Canaway and starred Edward G. Robinson and Fergus McClelland.
A Boy Ten Feet Tall: Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. With Edward G. Robinson, Fergus McClelland, Constance Cummings, Harry H. Corbett. Ten year old Sammy travels 4500 miles on his own from the Suez Canal to Durban, South Africa.
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Jul 22, 2021 · Sammy Going South is a magnificent story about a young boy who loses his parents in the Suez action of 1956, and sets out to find his aunt - who lives in Durban at the other end of the continent!. At his age he has no notion of the distance involved, but he has a little compass and he knows that it is south, so off he goes.
Sammy Going South also known as A Boy Ten Feet Tall is a 1963 British South African adventure movie directed by Alexander Mackendrick and is based on the 1961 novel of the same name by W. H. Canaway. It stars Edward G. Robinson , Constance Cummings , Harry H. Corbett , Paul Stassino , Zia Mohyeddin , Zena Walker , Jack Gwillim , Glyn Owen and ...
A Boy Ten Feet Tall. NEW. An orphan (Fergus McClelland) leaves Egypt with a toy compass to find his aunt in Durban, South Africa, about 5,000 miles south. TOP CRITIC. Mackendrick's films usually ...
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- Edward G. Robinson
Build fed2550 (7780) After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
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When I was 9, my mom took me to the movie (U.K. title: "Sammy Going South"/U.S. title: "A Boy Ten Feet Tall") starring Edward G. Robinson. I really enjoyed it but haven't seen it since. Since it's about a 10-year-old boy making his way down through Africa from Egypt to South Africa, I was afraid it would be full of then-current racial ...