''Five Have a Mystery to Solve'' is a 6-part 1964 British
film serial
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...
made by the
Children's Film Foundation
The Children's Film Foundation (CFF) was a non-profit organisation which made films for children in the United Kingdom originally to be shown as part of childrens' Saturday morning matinée cinema programming. The films typically were about 55 ...
, based on
the novel of the same name by
Enid Blyton
Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have b ...
.
Cast
*David Palmer as Julian
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Darryl Read
Darryl Michael Roy Read (19 September 1951 – 23 June 2013) was a British singer, guitarist, drummer, actor, poet and writer. In the late 1960s, Read was a member of Crushed Butler, considered by some to be amongst the forerunners of proto punk ...
as Dick
*Mandy Harper as George (as Amanda Coxell)
*Paula Boyd as Anne
*Michael Wennink as Wilfred
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Michael Balfour as Emilio
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Robin Hunter
Robin Ian Hunter (4 September 1929 – 8 March 2004) was an English actor who was also a performer and writer in musicals, music hall and comedy.Newley, Patrick (16 April 2004)Robin Hunter.''The Stage''
Life and career
The son of actor Ian ...
as Carlo
*
Keith Pyott
Keith Pyott ( Blackheath, London, 9 March 1902 - 6 April 1968) was a British actor.
He transferred from stage to screen and was a regular face in drama in the early days of television, appearing in '' Educated Evans'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Out o ...
as Sir Hugo Blaize
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Grace Arnold
Grace Arnold (19 September 1894 – 26 February 1979) was an English actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Guilt'' (1931)
* '' Men Without Honour'' (1939) - Mrs. Hardy
* ''Crimes at the Dark House'' (1940) - Maid (uncredited)
* ''Spare a Copper'' ...
*Howard Douglas
*Diane Powell as Sally
Critical reception
DVD Beaver called it "tremendously entertaining."
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References
External links
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1964 films
Children's Film Foundation
1960s mystery films
Films based on children's books
Adaptations of works by Enid Blyton
Films directed by Ernest Morris
1960s British films
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