Ring of Bright Water (film)
| Ring of Bright Water | |
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| Directed by | Jack Couffer |
| Written by | Jack Couffer Bill Travers |
| Based on | Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell |
| Produced by | Joseph Strick |
| Starring | Bill Travers Virginia McKenna |
| Cinematography | Wolfgang Suschitzky |
| Edited by | Reginald Mills |
| Music by | Frank Cordell Betty Botley Theme song performed by Val Doonican |
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| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$915,000 |
| Box office | US$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.