Great Britain

Kathy (Hayley Mills) is the eldest of three children who live on a farm with their widowed father and their aunt. One day the children rescue three kittens which are being drowned by one of the farmhands. They hide them in the barn, having been told by a Salvation Army girl that Jesus will look after them. Unbeknown to the children, however, this barn is also the hiding place selected by a murderer on the run from justice. When they discover him and ask who he is, they take his muttered expletive "Jesus Christ!" to be his answer. What follows is a moving and dramatic unveiling of the children's gradual loss of innocence. Produced by Richard Attenborough