"The Boy with Two Heads" (1974) TV series

Director:

Jonathan Ingrams

Writers:

Frank Godwin (writer)
C.M. Pennington-Richards (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

15 July 1978 (West Germany)

Plot Keywords:

Disembodied Head

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Spencer Plumridge	...	Chris Page (7 episodes, 1974)
Leslie Ash	...	Jill Page (7 episodes, 1974)
Hilda Fenemore	...	Hilda Page (7 episodes, 1974)
Peter Halliday	...	Mr. Page (7 episodes, 1974)
Stanley Meadows	...	Douglas (7 episodes, 1974)
Lance Percival	...	Stanley Thornton (7 episodes, 1974)
Louis Mansi	...	Desmond (7 episodes, 1974)
Clive Revill	...	Chico (7 episodes, 1974)
Dallas Cavell	...	Man at Rubbish Tip (7 episodes, 1974)
Peter Challis	...	1st Lout (7 episodes, 1974)
Leon Davis	...	3rd Lout (7 episodes, 1974)
Patrick Durkin	...	Lorry Driver (7 episodes, 1974)
Fred Griffiths	...	Bruiser (7 episodes, 1974)
Pearl Hackney	...	Irate Lady in Cottage (7 episodes, 1974)
Godfrey James	...	Cafe Proprietor (7 episodes, 1974)
David Lyell	...	1st Young Man (7 episodes, 1974)
Bill Maynard	...	Farmer (7 episodes, 1974)
Norman Mitchell	...	Village Policeman (7 episodes, 1974)
Miguel Oliver	...	2nd Lout (7 episodes, 1974)
Bert Palmer	...	Ben (7 episodes, 1974)
Johnny Parry	...	Newscaster (7 episodes, 1974)
Jeremy Pearce	...	Dustman (7 episodes, 1974)
Adam Rhodes	...	Bruiser's Son (7 episodes, 1974)
Ivor Salter	...	Greengrocer (7 episodes, 1974)
Colin Thatcher	...	2nd Young Man (7 episodes, 1974)

Also Known As:

Chico the Rainmaker (International: English title)

Runtime:

Australia:90 min (theatrical version) | France:15 min (7 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Australia:G (feature version)

Company:

Children's Film Foundation (CFF)

Chico the Rainmaker

I saw this film in Hannover -Germany in 1978. I was living at the British Army barracks with no English TV. Every Saturday morning the bus would pull up and we all used to go to the Saturday morning pictures.

Chico the Rainmaker was my favourite, my 8 yr old memory of it was a weird scary wooden head that was kept in a football. He needed to be returned to the amazon and each week the children would get into all sorts of adventures whilst being chased by a couple of men who wanted to get their hands on Chico. I'd come home, popcorn in my hair, humming the theme tune! Great memories!