The Snow Goose
The Snow Goose is a 1971 British television drama film based on the 1941 novella The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk by Paul Gallico.
Plot
The film follows the relationship between Fritha (Jenny Agutter), an orphaned young girl, and Philip Rhayader (Richard Harris), a lighthouse keeper in the fishing village Great Marsh in Essex. The two meet as Rhayader helps Fritha care for a snow goose she has found, despite his solitary lifestyle. The bird has been injured by hunters shooting at it.
Cast
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| author | Paul Gallico |
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| director | Patrick Garland |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | begin british expeditionary force dunkirk dunkirk evacuation essex fishing village germany invades poland injured invasion of poland jenny agutter kill lighthouse keeper observer corps on the beach orphan paint royal observer corps shoot snow goose trap world war ii wound young girl |
| musicBy | Carl Davis |
| productionCompany | BBC Universal Television |
| publisher | BBC |