Smiley (1956 film)

Smiley
Directed byAnthony Kimmins
Written byAnthony Kimmins
Moore Raymond
Based onSmiley
1945 novel
by Moore Raymond
Produced byAnthony Kimmins
StarringRalph Richardson
Chips Rafferty
Colin Petersen
CinematographyEdward Scaife
Music byWilliam Alwyn
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • 28 June 1956 (1956-06-28) (London)
  • 19 March 1957 (1957-03-19) (United States)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget£250,000

Smiley is a 1956 British-American comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Colin Petersen. It was based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Moore Raymond who co-wrote the film with Kimmins. It tells the story of a young Australian boy who is determined to buy a bicycle for four pounds, and along the way he gets into many misadventures.

It was the last film made under the supervision of Alex Korda, who died in January 1956.