Film

Seventy Deadly Pills

1963 · 1h 3m · Drama · Family

IMDb

6.6

A small boy, Dickie Goodwin, finds some strychnine pills mixed with sweets in a stolen car left in a deserted garage. With them he buys his way into the Rocket Gang. Brian, the leader, shares out the pills for swaps next day. One of the gang eats hers and collapses. The police frantically search for the pills and a broadcast appeal is made. Brian hears this and reaches the gang at Battersea funfair just in time to save them.

Gareth Robinson

Brian

Len Jones

Phil Streaker

Robert Ferguson

Harry

Sally Thomsett

Gerty

Linda Hansen

Nellie

Ronnie Johnson

Dickie Goodwin

Kenneth Colley

Covent Garden porter

Barbara Ashcroft

Mrs. Briggs

Basil Beale

Mr. Briggs

Timothy Bateson

Goldstone

Ian Fleming

Doctor

Warren Mitchell

Lofty

Edward Cast

Police Constable Weaver

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Sergeant

Jack Howlett

Inspector

Ken Howard

Mobile Constable

• Pat JacksonDirector · Writer
• Frank WellsStory
• Derick WilliamsProducer
• Stephen DadeDirector of Photography
• Leon YoungOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 1, 1963

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 3m

Genres

Drama, Family