The Yellow Balloon

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"A young boy Frankie is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend’s death. This is a strong piece of post war social realist drama from director J Lee Thompson. With its excellent location work around a London still ravaged by the Blitz, it superbly illustrates the hardships and the poverty of a nation who were one of the nations that ironically won the conflict. This victory came at a cost however, and this movie shows that world of rationing and ongoing devastation. The"