| Geordie | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Geordie_US_film_poster.jpg) US film poster for Geordie | |
| Directed by | Frank Launder |
| Screenplay by | Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder |
| Based on | Wee Geordie by David Walker |
| Produced by | Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder |
| Starring | Bill Travers as Geordie Paul Young as Young Geordie Alastair Sim as The Laird Norah Gorsen as Jean |
| Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
| Edited by | Thelma Connell |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
Production company | Argonaut Film |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £218,384 (UK)[1] |
Geordie (released in the United States as Wee Geordie) is a 1955 British film directed and co-produced by Frank Launder, with Bill Travers in the title role as a Scotsman who becomes an athlete and competes at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
The film is based on David Walker's 1950 novel of the same title, adapted for the screen by Launder and his co-producer Sidney Gilliat.
- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p506