Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
April 29, 1989
Drama
1h 39m


Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant- shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Gavin Millar
- William Smith Jeremy Irons
- Victor Hazell Robbie Coltrane
- Doc Spencer Cyril Cusack
- Lord Claybury Michael Hordern
- Mr. Snoddy Lionel Jeffries
- Miss Hunter Jean Marsh
- Rabbetts Jimmy Nail
- Captain Lancaster Ronald Pickup
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Keywords
- gypsy
- poacher
- based on children's book
- single father
- pheasant
- father son relationship