Set in the fictionalWelsh village of Llynfawr, Steve (Andrew Ashby) runs away from home after an argument with his father. His sister Maureen (Jayne Collins) enlists the help of his friend Paul (Toby Bridge) to find him, although Paul is initially unwilling to help. He eventually finds Steve in an abandoned slate quarry.[2] On their return they find the village deserted and are unaware that the village has been evacuated due to the danger of an incident at a nearby power station. They are unable to contact the outside world as the village's only public telephone was earlier vandalised by Steve in an attempt to get money from it. While searching the village they stumble across Mike Ellis (Dudley Sutton) robbing the local cash and carry and Paul is locked in the quarry while Mike makes his escape. Steve tries and fails to set him free but Paul's father arrives. While the two children are lost, Steve's father returns to his place of work - the power station - in an attempt to correct the cooling fault, and prevent the disaster. He eventually succeeds with seconds to spare, and is reunited with his son.[2]
Most of the film was shot on location in North Wales, the nuclear research station featured was actually Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in Gwynedd. The term "nuclear" does not appear in the dialogue at all, although Paul does refer to the "experimental reactor".
hour, zero, hour, zero, film, made, 1976, charles, barker, films, children, film, foundation, directed, byjeremy, summerswritten, byjohn, tullyproduced, byjean, wadlowcinematographynorman, jonesedited, bymonica, meadmusic, byanthony, isaacdistributed, bycharle. One Hour To Zero is a film made in 1976 by Charles Barker Films for the Children s Film Foundation 1 One Hour to ZeroDirected byJeremy SummersWritten byJohn TullyProduced byJean WadlowCinematographyNorman JonesEdited byMonica MeadMusic byAnthony IsaacDistributed byCharles Barker FilmsRelease date1976 1976 Running time55 min CountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 References 5 External linksPlot editSet in the fictional Welsh village of Llynfawr Steve Andrew Ashby runs away from home after an argument with his father His sister Maureen Jayne Collins enlists the help of his friend Paul Toby Bridge to find him although Paul is initially unwilling to help He eventually finds Steve in an abandoned slate quarry 2 On their return they find the village deserted and are unaware that the village has been evacuated due to the danger of an incident at a nearby power station They are unable to contact the outside world as the village s only public telephone was earlier vandalised by Steve in an attempt to get money from it While searching the village they stumble across Mike Ellis Dudley Sutton robbing the local cash and carry and Paul is locked in the quarry while Mike makes his escape Steve tries and fails to set him free but Paul s father arrives While the two children are lost Steve s father returns to his place of work the power station in an attempt to correct the cooling fault and prevent the disaster He eventually succeeds with seconds to spare and is reunited with his son 2 Cast editJayne Collins as Maureen Rogers Toby Bridge as Paul Jenkins Andrew Ashby as Steve Rogers Dudley Sutton as Mike Ellis John Forgeham as Sam Rogers John Barcroft as Peter Jenkins Ann Windsor as Hilda Jenkins Mike Lewin as PC Edwards Morris Perry as Professor Stonely Frederick Treves as Superintendent Parry Hazel McBride as Jean Roger Llewellyn as PC MorganProduction editMost of the film was shot on location in North Wales the nuclear research station featured was actually Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in Gwynedd The term nuclear does not appear in the dialogue at all although Paul does refer to the experimental reactor References edit listing at Children s Film Foundation a b ftvdb bfi org One Hour to Zero External links editOne Hour to Zero at IMDb nbsp cftf org uk Children s Film and Television Foundation CFTF Films Catalogue One Hour to Zero nbsp This article about a children s film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title One Hour to Zero amp oldid 1190977422, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
