| Hijack! | |
| Director: | Michael Forlong |
| Producer: | Michael Forlong |
| Starring: | Richard Morant James Forlong Tracy Peel |
| Music: | Harry Robertson |
| Cinematography: | William Jordan |
| Editing: | Frederick Ives |
| Studio: | Michael Forlong Productions |
| Runtime: | 59 minutes |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
Hijack! is a 1975 children's drama film directed, written and produced by Michael Forlong and starring Richard Morant, James Forlong and Tracy Peel.[1] [2]
Three children are taken hostage by a man armed with a hand grenade and flick-knife. He takes them to sea aboard their father's yacht.
The film was sponsored by the Children's Film Foundation.[3]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Technically, this is one of the best CFF films yet made, with lively location shooting (under clearly difficult and cramped conditions) on board the yacht, excellently controlled colour and a fine narrative pace. Although the story rather obviously cashes in on current newspaper headlines, the predicament of the children is never exploited in a melodramatic way, and they respond in a realistic and spontaneous manner. Richard Morant as the fugitive (we never discover what he has done) has a more difficult task, starting off in a somewhat actorish style, but later investing the character with just the right degree of desperate confusion. The film again demonstrates how a resourceful director and cameraman can turn out a neat little film within a well-prescribed format."[4]
Robert Shail wrote: "The film is packed with enough detail to pass for a visual manual on how to sail a small craft at sea ... ranks as one of its best seafaring adventures."[5]