Hijack! (1975 Film)

''Hijack!'' is a 1975 children's drama film directed, written and produced by Michael Forlong and starring Richard Morant, James Forlong and Tracy Peel.

Plot

Three children are taken hostage by a man armed with a hand grenade and flick-knife. He takes them to sea aboard their father's yacht.

Cast

* Richard Morant as Colin
* James Forlong as Jack
* Tracy Peel as Jenny
* Sally Forlong as Lucy
* David Hitchen as power boat driver
* Richard Kerrigan as power boat mechanic
* Derek Bond as power boat owner
* Robert Swales as policeman

Production

The film was sponsored by the Children's Film Foundation.

Reception

''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "Technically, this is one of the best CFF films yet made, with lively location shooting (under clearly difficult and cramped conditions) on board the yacht, excellently controlled colour and a fine narrative pace. Although the story rather obviously cashes in on current newspaper headlines, the predicament of the children is never exploited in a melodramatic way, and they respond in a realistic and spontaneous manner. Richard Morant as the fugitive (we never discover what he has done) has a more difficult task, starting off in a somewhat actorish style, but later investing the character with just the right degree of desperate confusion. The film again demonstrates how a resourceful director and cameraman can turn out a neat little film within a well-prescribed format."

Robert Shail wrote: "The film is packed with enough detail to pass for a visual manual on how to sail a small craft at sea ... ranks as one of its best seafaring adventures."

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1975 films
1970s British films
1970s English-language films
British children's drama films
British television films
Children's Film Foundation
Films directed by Michael Forlong
Films scored by Harry Robertson