Ring of Bright Water (film)

Ring of Bright Water
American theatrical release poster
Directed byJack Couffer
Written byJack Couffer
Bill Travers
Based onRing of Bright Water
by Gavin Maxwell
Produced byJoseph Strick
StarringBill Travers
Virginia McKenna
CinematographyWolfgang Suschitzky
Edited byReginald Mills
Music byFrank Cordell
Betty Botley
Theme song performed by Val Doonican
Production
company
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 2 April 1969 (1969-04-02) (London)
  • 18 June 1969 (1969-06-18) (New York City)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$915,000
Box officeUS$2,400,000

Ring of Bright Water is a 1969 British comedy-drama film directed by Jack Couffer and starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna. It is a story about a Londoner and his pet otter living on the Scottish coast. The story is fictional, but is adapted from the 1960 autobiographical book of the same name by Gavin Maxwell. It featured the stars of Born Free (1966), another film about a close relationship between humans and a wild animal.