Ring of Bright Water (film)

Ring of Bright Water
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJack Couffer
Written byJack Couffer
Bill Travers
Based onRing of Bright Water
by Gavin Maxwell
Produced byJoseph Strick
StarringBill Travers
Virginia McKenna
CinematographyWolfgang Suschitzky
Edited byReginald Mills
Music byFrank Cordell
Betty Botley
Theme song performed by Val Doonican
Production
company
Distributed byRank Film Distributors (United Kingdom)[1]
Cinerama Releasing Corporation (United States)
Release dates
  • 2 April 1969 (1969-04-02) (London)
  • June 18, 1969 (1969-06-18) (New York City)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$915,000[2]
Box officeUS$2,400,000[2]

Ring of Bright Water is a 1969 British comedy-drama film directed by Jack Couffer and starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna.[3] It is a story about a Londoner and his pet otter living on the Scottish coast. The story is fictional, but is adapted from the 1960 autobiographical book of the same name by Gavin Maxwell.[4] It featured the stars of Born Free (1966), another film about a close relationship between humans and a wild animal.

  1. ^ "Ring of Bright Water (1969)". BBFC. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses". Variety. Los Angeles. 31 May 1973. p. 3.
  3. ^ "Ring of Bright Water". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  4. ^ Maxwell, Gavin (1960). Ring of Bright Water. Illustrated by Peter Scott, Michael Ayrton and Robin McEwen. London: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd. Paperback reissue: (1984) ISBN 0-14-003923-6.