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The Box of Delights

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The Box of Delights
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2hrs 57min
Genre:
Sci-Fi
Release:
1984
Director:
Renny Rye
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Devin Stanfield, Patrick Troughton, Robert Stephens  ...more
Synopsis: The Box of Delights, based on the children's book by English poet laureate John Masefield, was produced by the BBC, from a screenplay by Alan Seymour under director Renny Rye in mid-1984. Set in 1934, the six-part miniseries tells the story of young Kay Harker (Devin Stanfield), who, while on his way home from school to join his family for Christmas, meets an old Punch and Judy man named Cole Hawlings (Patrick Troughton), and then a pair of clergymen (Geoffrey Larder, Jonathan Stephens) who seem ... Full Synopsis
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Bruce Eder, AMG Review
Harry Potter, move over! In the 1930s, some 60 years before J.K. Rowling wrote her story about the boy sorcerer, poet laureate John Masefield wrote The Box of Delights, a tale of young Kay Harker and his encounter with magic, mages, myths, legends, and the box of the title. And 17 years after Masefield's death, the BBC shot this extraordinary miniseries, which quickly found an audience far beyond the ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Devin Stanfield
Kay Harker
Patrick Troughton
Cole Hawlings
Robert Stephens
Abner Brown
Geoffrey Larder
Foxy Faced Charley
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