Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Contact (1963)

The Contact poster
Directed by
Philip Wrestler
Genre
educational film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short film from 1963 that aims to reduce prejudice against disabled people. It shows interactions between able-bodied and disabled individuals to encourage understanding.

educationalearnestseriouslow-keymatter-of-factinstructionalmelancholic

What happens

The Contact is a 1963 British educational short film written and directed by Philip Wrestler and starring John Hurt and Pauline Collins. The film was sponsored by the Spastics Society and was designed to educate young people against prejudice to disabled people. It was shot at Thomas Delarue School. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?