Snowball (1960 film)
Snowball is a 1960 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Gordon Jackson, Kenneth Griffith and Zena Walker. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Harry Pottle. Plot 10-year-old Mickey (Dennis Waterman) is late home from school. He tells his parents he was thrown off the school bus by the conductor for not having a ticket, obliging him to walk four miles. The local press makes an issue of the incident and the story snowballs out of control. The conductor, Phil Hart, a former POW with memory problems, is harassed until he collapses on railway tracks and is killed by a train. Mickey finally owns up to lying. Cast Gordon Jackson as Bill Donovan Kenneth Griffith as Phil Hart Zena Walker as Mary Donovan Daphne Anderson as Nora Hart Dennis Waterman as Mickey Donovan John Welsh as Ted Wylie Myrtle Reed as Betty Martin Wensley Pithey as Jim Adams Eric Pohlmann as Editor Ronald Adam as Mr. King Roddy McMillan as Jack, 'bus conductor Jack Stewart as Senior Reporter Anthony Bate as Policeman References Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External