Mr. Forbush and the Penguins

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Directed byRoy Boulting (uncredited)
Al Viola
Antarctica sequences
Arne Sucksdorff
Written byAnthony Shaffer
Based onnovel by Graham Billing
Produced byHenry Trettin
StarringJohn Hurt
Hayley Mills
CinematographyEdward Scaife
Edited byBernard Gribble
Music byJohn Addison
Production
companies
EMI Films
PGL Productions
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • December 1971 (1971-12) (UK)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£638,842

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (also known as Cry of the Penguins) is a 1971 British comedy drama film, directed by Arne Sucksdorff, Alfred Viola and Roy Boulting. It stars John Hurt, Hayley Mills, Dudley Sutton and Tony Britton. The screenplay was adapted by playwright Anthony Shaffer, based on the 1965 novel Forbush and the Penguins by Graham Billing.