| Let the Balloon Go | |
| Director: | Oliver Howes |
| Producer: | Richard Mason; Hal and Jim McElroy, associate producers |
| Based On: | novel by Ivan Southall |
| Music: | George Dreyfus |
| Cinematography: | Dean Semler |
| Editing: | Max Lemon |
| Studio: | Film Australia |
| Distributor: | 20th Century-Fox |
| Runtime: | 92 mins |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | AU$400,000[1] |
Let the Balloon Go is a 1976 Australian children's film about a young boy with polio in 1917.
In 1917 rural New South Wales, a young boy with polio struggles to break free of his overprotective mother.
The film was shot near the town of Carcoar.[2]
The film sold widely overseas including to the United States.[1]