The Boy Who Turned Yellow

The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)

When John meets an alien who feeds on electricity, things start to go wrong

John and his class visit the Tower of London, where he loses his pet mouse. He falls asleep during a lesson on electricity, but with some help, he learns about it, invades the Tower, and saves his pet.

Date of release
1972-09-16
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (14)
Runtime
55m
Genres
Science Fiction, Family
Director
Michael Powell

Casting

Interesting facts

The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972) is the last film collaboration by the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and the last theatrical feature to be written by Emeric Pressburger or directed by Michael Powell. The film was made for the Children's Film Foundation.

Production

The film was the last collaboration by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and the last feature film either were involved with. (Powell was involved with the 1978 short Return to the Edge of the World.) Powell and Pressburger also brought in some of their old colleagues from the days of The Archers, such as cinematographer Christopher Challis and actor Esmond Knight.

Location shooting took place at sites around London:

Holborn tube station, Aldwych branch platform (as Chalk Farm tube station and Hampstead stations)

Hampstead tube station, Hampstead (exterior only)

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