The Yellow Balloon (film)

The Yellow Balloon
Directed byJ. Lee Thompson
(credited as J. Lee-Thompson)
Written byAnne Burnaby
J. Lee Thompson
Produced byVictor Skutezky
StarringAndrew Ray
Kenneth More
Kathleen Ryan
William Sylvester
CinematographyGilbert Taylor
Edited byRichard Best
Music byPhilip Green
Production
company
Marble Arch Productions
Distributed byAssociated British Picture Corporation
Allied Artists (US)
Release date
  • 10 February 1953 (1953-02-10)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£116,245 (UK)[1]

The Yellow Balloon is a 1953 British drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Andrew Ray, William Sylvester, Kathleen Ryan, Kenneth More and Hy Hazell.[2][3] It was Thompson's second feature as director. It was distributed by Associated British and produced by the company's Marble Arch Productions. It was made at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Robert Jones. Location shooting took place around Bayswater and Chelsea including Queensway tube station.

  1. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p 502
  2. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046561/ [user-generated source]
  3. ^ "The Yellow Balloon | BFI &#124". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2014.