UK,
1970, 91 min
Directed by:
John HoughScreenplay:
Ronald HarwoodCast:
Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, Tony Bonner, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Bowles, Christopher Robbie, Joseph Fürst, Maxwell Craig (more)Plots(1)
Eleven-year-old Ziggy, a bored fantasist, makes up far-fetched stories to pass the time on his Mediterranean island home. When he witnesses the assassination of a visiting president, no-one believes him apart from the assassin, who is determined to silence the young boy permanently! (Network)
Cast
Mark Lester
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