The Wonder Kid

United Kingdom, Austria

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1951

1h 25m

Director Karl Hartl

Starring Bobby Henrey, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Muriel Aked, Oskar Werner

Genre Drama, Adventure

 

Bobby Henrey, the amazing juvenile star of The Fallen Idol, is here cast as 7-year-old musical genius Sebastian Giro. Mistreated by his avaricious adult manager, Sebastian runs away to a remote Alpine village. He then falls into the hands of a gang of kidnappers, led by the basically sympathetic Jack (Robert Shackleton).