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Ring of Bright Water is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jack Couffer released in USA on 18 june 1969 with Bill Travers
Ring of Bright Water (1969)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 june 1969
Length 1h47
Directed by Jack Couffer
OriginUSA
Themes Films about animals
Rating70%
Ring of Bright Water is a 1969 British feature film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna. It is a story about a Londoner and his pet otter living on the Scottish coast. The story is fictional, but is adapted from the 1960 autobiographical book of the same name by Gavin Maxwell. It featured the stars of Born Free, another movie about a close relationship between humans and a wild animal. The film has been released to VHS (1981) and to DVD (2002).
Synopsis
Graham Merrill (Bill Travers) passes a pet shop on his daily walks about London and takes an interest in an otter (specifically, a male river otter) in the window, eventually buying and naming the animal Mij. The otter wreaks havoc in his small apartment and together they leave London for a rustic cottage overlooking the sea on the west coast of Scotland. There they live as beachcombers and make the acquaintance of Dr. Mary (Virginia McKenna) from the nearby village, and her dog Johnny. Mij and Johnny play in the water and bound across the fields together.Actors
Bill Travers
(Graham Merrill)
Virginia McKenna
(Mary MacKenzie)
Peter Jeffrey
(Colin Wilcox)
Jameson Clark
(Storekeeper)
Roddy McMillan
(Bus driver)
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