The Silver Screen Oasis

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I hope nobody minds me posting links of not so well known British movies

This one Run Wild Run Free is a little gem with a great cast. It may even be Mark Lester's best film as a child star. Here he plays a lonely child befriended by John Mills and a whie horse. His parents are played by Gordon Jackson and Sylvia Syms

I find myself ccomparing the end of the film to the Mills/Syms war time classic Ice Cold In Alex. In ICIA Mills, Syms, Anthony Quayle and Harry Andrews push an ambulance backwards up a sandy slope, here Mills and Syms get in a swamp and pull out a trapped horse

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I really loved Run Wild Run Free which I saw on TV a few years after going to see Oliver with my mom. I even wrote to Mark Lester and he wrote me the most lovely letter back, which I was too shy to respond back to.

It's a very good movie, a bit brooding with that lovely rainy country setting. I've never seen Ice Cold in Alex so I can't compare, but I am happy to revisit this movie, which floats under the radar for most people.

Wendy

Here's the scene from Ice Cold In Alex that reminds me of RWRF, plus the end of the film