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Heart of a Child (1958)

Heart of a Child poster
Directed by
Clive Donner
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy struggles with illness in a small English village. His mother and a doctor try to help him.

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What happens

Heart of a Child is a 1958 British second feature ('B') drama film directed by Clive Donner and starring Jean Anderson and Donald Pleasence. It was adapted by Leigh Vance from the 1940 novel of the same title by Phyllis Bottome. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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