On the run

Description: A girl runs away from a welfare worker and encounters two boys. One of the boys is the son of an ousted African leader. When the girl overhears a plot by the leader’s treacherous brother to kidnap the leader’s son, she rescues him with the aid of the other boy and the trio go on the run pursued by the leader’s brother and his henchman. Stars Gordon Jackson, Denis Conoley, Robert Kennedy and Tracy Collins. Based on the book by Nina Bawden; script by Pat Jackson; camera by Stephen Dade; music by William Davies.