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"Five Have A Mystery To Solve"
Children's Film in Six Episodes
Screenplay by Muchael Barnes
From the Book by Enid Blyton

11, St. James Place - LONDON, S.W.1. - England
Screenshot aus dem Film von 1963 Adapted from Enid Blyton's book which tells how four cousins meet a new friend who has strange powers over all the animals on Whispering Island. After discovering the crusader's treasure, they are imprisoned in a flooded dungeon.

With: Michael Balfour, Keith Pyott, Michael Wennink, David Palmer, DarrylRead.

The Enid Blyton Story

"Five Have A Mystery To Solve"

A Children's Film Foundation Production

Publicity Notes

 The location for this story required a coastline with a low wooded island, without visible signs of habitation, just off-shore and this proved surprisingly difficult to find. Even the west coast of Ireland had been considered when someone auggssted Looe, in Cornwall, and this proved to be the ideal spot, with the mystery island just as it is described in the book written by Enid Blyton.

 The location shooting was done during late October and early November 1963 and although the children had to spend quite a time in and out of the cold sea, they survived remarkably well and took even heavy seas in good part.

 In fact, a great part of the film required the characters to wade around in water. During the studio shooting, the children and one of the adult actors - Keith Pyott - spent two days in a dungeon set with cold water gradually rising to their shoulders. Needless to aay, in between all this rather uncomfortable shooting the children were wrapped in blankets and given lots of hot drinks, but at the end of the ahooting everyone was so impreseed with the good natured way in which they had taken their difficult conditions that the unit gave each of them a present. The older children chose the current Beatles recard and the youngest boy - Darryl - chose an archery set with which he proceeded to menace the entire Studio.

 The dungeon set, which was a large tank holding 1500 gallons of water, took up the major part of the studio floor. At the end of the scenes the local Fire Brigade pumped the water out, which took them 4½ hours.

 The animals used in the film were all experienced actors, especially the dog Tuck, one of the 'Five'. The Props Department had an unusual task at one atage - that of painting strips on to rabbits to make them look like a rare breed. Amongst the invoices received for this production was one for the hire of 1 toad, 6 spiders and 12 snails.

 The children were from the Corona School. Michael Wennink, who played Wilfred, had just finished playing in 'Oliver' and has since played the leading part of Martin in 'Martin's Eye' a Menotti opera performed for the first time at the Bath Festival. David Palmer, Paula Boyd and Darryl Read are all busy on various B.B.C. commitments and Amanda Coxall, who has played in numerous C.F.F. films, has just finished filming "Every Day is a Holiday."

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Story Synopsis (Handlung)

Episode 1 - Whispering Island
The Famous Five, Julim, Dick, Ann, George and Tim, the dog, go to stay at a cottage near the sea. Here they meet a strange boy named Wilfred who hae an uncanny power over animals and can summon them to him when he plays hie pipe. They learn about the legend of buried treasure on nearby Whispering Island. They also hear rumors of traps and snares on the island and of game-keepers patrolling the grounds. Wilfred, with Tim, goes to the island to see for himeself what is going on. They are chased into hiding by the game-keepers with gum.
     Certificate 'U'
     Running Time 16 minutes

Episode 2 - The Hunt in the Woods
The other four children go to the island to find what has happened to Wilfred and Tim. While they are rowing across, a high wind whips up the sea and their boat is nearly flung against the rocke. Meanwhile Wilfred and Tim discover the traps and snares on the island. Wilfred reports this to Sir Hugo Blaize, the owner, who disbelieves him and has him locked up for the night. The other children, whose boat has finally capsized, are left floundering in the water.
     Certificate 'U'
     Running Time 16 minutes

Episode 3 - The Castaways
The children swim ashore through the rough sea. Wilfred manages to escape from the castle and in the process discovers crates of rare striped rabbits waiting to be sent away. He overhears the game-keepers say that they are to be sold to fur dealers in Paris. The children search the island in their effort to locate Blaize Castle and find Wilfred. As night descends Wilfred is sighted and chased by the game-keepers. He hides on top of an old well-shaft whose rotten wood suddenly gives way, dropping him to the bottom of the well.
     Certificate 'U'
     Running Time 16 minutes

Episode 4 - The Secret Door
Julian, Dick, Anne and George, still searching the island for Wilfred, hear his cries and go to the rescue, but as he is hauled to safety the game-keepers surprised them all and takes them to Sir Hugo to be dealt with. Eventually the children manage to persuade Sir Hugo that the game-keepers are trapping the animals and are planning to sell them for peresnal gain. Realising they have been found out, the game-keepers lock up Sir Hugo and the children in the kitchen, but they are ingeniously out-witted by their prisoners, who escape. In the old cellars and passages beneath the castle they search for the legendary crusader's treasure.
     Certificate 'U'
     Running Time 16 minutes

Episode 5 - The Crusadre's Treasure
As they follow Sir Hugo's clues the children discover a secret passage hidden in the wall shaft which leads them to the much sought after crusader's treasure. They accidentally discover a secret door in the treasure chamber which leads into Blaize Castle but they are again surprised by the game-keepers, who lock them and Sir Hugo in a dungeon while they themselves start to take the treasure down to a boat. There is a passage from the dungeon to the sea and the tide is rising dangerously.
     Certificate 'U'
     Running Time 16 minutes

Episode 6 - High Tide
It seems that Sir Hugo and the children are trapped but as Wilfred plays the pipe which is so irresistible to aninale a badger appears and shows them a way out through his earth. They escape, turn the tables on the game-keepers, who are trying to ship the treasure away, and hand them over to the Police, who by now have been called to the island. By this time Sir Hugo has become very fond of the childron and decides to adopt orphan Wilfred and take him to live on the island with him and his beloved animals.
     Certificate 'U'
     Running Time 16 minutes
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Cast (Schauspieler)

Julian: David Palmer
Dick: Darryl Read
George/Georgina: Amanda Coxell (auch bekannt als Mandy Harper)
Ann: Paula Boyd
Wilfrid: Michael Wennink
Tim: "Tuck"

     with
Michael Balfour (Emilo)
Robin Hunter (Carlo)
Keith Pyott
Diane Powell
Grace Arnold
Howard Douglas

     Animals trained by the Formakin Animal Centre
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Credits (Stab)


Screen Play by: Michael Barnes
Photographed by: Douglas Ransom
Film Editor: Nicholas Gurney
Production Manager: Wilfred Partington
Sound Recordist: Francis Flynn
Art Director: Wilfred Arnold
Continuity: Elizabeth Wilcox
Music: Edward Williams
Conductor: Marcus Dodds.

Produced by: John Durst
Directed by: Ernest Morris
     R.C.A. Recording

     Made at Rayant Studios, Bushey, England.      Children's Film Foundation Ltd.
     6 - 10 Great Protland Street,
     London, W.1.

FIVE HAVE A MYSTERY TO SOLVE
Chilrdren's Film in Six Episodes

Screenplay by Michael Barnes
From the Book by Enid Blyton

     Rayant Pictures Limited, 11, St. James Place, LONDON, S.W.1.

     Michael Barnes, Hazel Tree Farm, Hastingleigh, Ashford, Kent.
     Telephone: Elmsted 324

October 4th, 1963.
Screenshot aus dem Film Screenshot aus dem Film In GB wird der Film gezeigt: Sat 1 Aug 2009 14:00 NFT1

Get that summer holiday feeling as we relive the sunny days of the Saturday morning pictures! Bring the kids along for a rare chance to feast your eyes on this smashing six-part 1960s Children's Film Foundation serial, closely based on the best-selling Famous Five story by the legendary Enid Blyton. Villainous gamekeepers, perilous cliffs, secret passages, hidden treasure, mugs of cocoa and doorsteps thickly spread with jam await, as the Famous Five – Julian, Dick, Ann, George and Timmy the dog – risk their lives to investigate strange goings-on on a mysterious island. Never shown on television, or released on video or DVD, this splendid old-school cliffhanger serial rattles along at a cracking pace. Don’t miss this marvellous matinee!

Introduced by Norman Wright, author of The Famous Five: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know! (Hodder)

Director: Ernest Morris
Country: UK
Year: 1964
Running time: 97 min
Certificate: U

Siehe auch http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/five_have_a_mystery_to_solve

Daten zum Film "Five have a Mystery to solve"

Die in schwarz-weiß gedrehte Mini-Serie war die zweite Verfilmung eines Abenteuers von Enid Blytons Fünf Freunde. Sie wurde von der John Durst Productions hergestellt. Den Verleih übernahm, wie schon zuvor bei "Die Sache mit der Schatzinsel", die Children's Film Foundation, dessen Archiv heutzutage im Besitz des BFI (British Film Institute) ist. Daneben diente noch J. Arthur Rank Film als Verleihfirma.
Der Film wurde erstmals 1964 in England gezeigt, allerdings nie im Fernsehen oder auf Video oder DVD veröffentlicht. Erst 2010 erschien die Mini-Serie durch das BFI auf DVD.

DVD

Cover der DVD Technische Daten:

Produktion: BFI
Bild: DVD5, Bildforma 4:3, S/W
Sprache: englisch, Dolby Digital mono (320 kbps)
Laufzeit: ca. 93 Minuten
FSK: U (Universal - Suitable for all): Contains mild threat and violence
(P) 1964 Children's Film & Television Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

Meinung: Die DVD wurde sauber aufbereitet. Selbst wenn man den gesamten Film ansehen will und auf "Alle Episoden" klickt, bekommt man lediglich die einzelnen Episoden hintereinander vorgespielt, also jeweils mit Vorspann und der Präsentation "was bereits geschah". So wird zwar auf der einen Seite die Authentizität der damaligen Ausstrahlung beibehalten, allerdings wirkt es in einem Film doch eher unterbrechend und störend.

Anmerkungen

  • George sehr weiblich, auch in der Kleidung

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