A teenage boy goes in search of treasure at an old mill in the hope of solving all his mother's money worries.A teenage boy goes in search of treasure at an old mill in the hope of solving all his mother's money worries.A teenage boy goes in search of treasure at an old mill in the hope of solving all his mother's money worries.
Harry Pettit
- Father
- (as The Family at Spring Valley Mill)
Mrs. Harry Pettit Sr.
- Mother
- (as The Family at Spring Valley Mill)
Merrilyn Pettit
- Merrilyn
- (as The Family at Spring Valley Mill)
Hilary Pettit
- Hilary
- (as The Family at Spring Valley Mill)
Harry Pettit Jr.
- Harry
- (as The Family at Spring Valley Mill)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Pettit family who lived at Spring Valley Mill played themselves in the film. Harry Pettit Sr (the father in the film) was a freelance artist and naturalist, and illustrated Malcolm Saville's novel on which the film was based. The real name of Spring Valley Mill was used in the film.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits described the crew in terms that children would understand: rather than using conventional job titles such as "writer", "camera operator", "cinematographer", "editor", sound recordist" etc, the credits used phrases "wrote the story for filming", "operated the camera", "took the pictures", "arranged them [the pictures]", "recorded the sound".
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Trouble at Mill
Young Jimmy Adams' eye falls on a charming old property called Clover Cottage and wonders how he's going to raise the money to buy it. Today he'd have to rob a bank, but fortunately instead finds a rhyme leading him to the family treasure. Also after it is a crabby old antiquarian bookseller named Wilson; and with all that water about you know where he's going to end up.
The Children's Film Foundation this time travelled to picturesque rural Essex ravishingly recorded by cameraman Jimmy Evins basking in glorious summer weather. But evidently without lugging along sound equipment; since the whole thing has clearly been post-synced, the dialogue added later (including a few interior monologues) along with a noisy score by Jack Beaver.
The Children's Film Foundation this time travelled to picturesque rural Essex ravishingly recorded by cameraman Jimmy Evins basking in glorious summer weather. But evidently without lugging along sound equipment; since the whole thing has clearly been post-synced, the dialogue added later (including a few interior monologues) along with a noisy score by Jack Beaver.
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- richardchatten
- May 21, 2021
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Der Schatz in der Mühle
- Filming locations
- Spring Valley Mill, Spring Valley Lane, Ardleigh, Essex, England, UK(the mill where the Pettits live)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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