A charming movie made in the 1960s a tale of faith and children.Hayley Mills is very good as the junior lead, given marvellous support from the rest of the cast especially the boy who plays her littler brother.Bernard Lee gives a touching performance as the busy farmer who does the best he can for his kids, but is a very busy man.Alan Bates is very good as the man who is mistaken for Jesus, and there is some touching scenes where he realises that there's no escape and the hangman awaits, it seems to symbolise Gethsemane.The Norman Bird character brings a few laughs to the film as a bone idle farm hand.The theme music is very catchy and lingers in the mind, overall a very good little movie and I personally would like to see more of this type of movie made today.
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