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Geordie is a British film of genre Drama directed by Frank Launder with Bill Travers
Geordie (1955)
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Add to a movie listGeordie (released in the United States. as Wee Geordie) is a 1955 British film directed and co-produced by Frank Launder, with Bill Travers in the title role as a Scotsman who becomes an athlete and competes at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
The film is based on David Walker's 1950 novel of the same title, adapted for the screen by Launder and his co-producer Sidney Gilliat.
Actors
Bill Travers
(Geordie Mac Taggart)
Alastair Sim
(The Laird)
Molly Urquhart
(Geordie's Mother)
Francis De Wolff
(Samson)
Raymond Huntley
(Olympic Selector)
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