Wings of Mystery (1963) User Reviews

Another Good Little CFF Film

[nigel_hawkes · 7/10 · 30 April 2022]

A slight departure from the usual norm of camps/dens, cheating bullies...this 1963 film is about industrial espionage and plucky kids (teenagers here) foiling the rogues with some help from homing pigeons. Set mainly in a damp, gritty North, there is also a light plane ride and an exciting chase and escape from a deserted house in Belgium (though this is set near Elstree).

The cast includes Arnold Ridley, who here actually seems older than his later, famous Private Godfrey role in "Dad's Army"; and a 14-Y-O Judy Geeson, displaying some puppy fat but already possessing that lovely, gentle face.

Another enjoyable hour down the CFF memory lane.

Northern adventure

[Leofwine_draca · 7/10 · 13 April 2021]

WINGS OF MYSTERY is a black and white Children's Film Foundation thriller with a nothern feel, being mainly set in and around a Sheffield steelworks. It deserves kudos for casting a youthful Judy Geeson in a particularly strong female role, as well as for a typically involving plotline involving industrial espionage, foreign agents, and pigeon racing! Arnold Ridley is a fun guest star and there's real charm in the industrial backdrops and the ever-fun kids vs. Bad guys action.

Excellent CFF thriller

[malcolmgsw · 7/10 · 18 June 2021]

This is an enjoyable CFF thriller using their well worn premise of a bunch of children thwarting a gang of incompetent thieved. Featuring a pre stardom Judy Geeson and a pre Dads Army Arnold Ridley.

Pigeons in the Steelworks

[richardchatten · 5/10 · 10 April 2021]

Once again a later blonde sixties sex bomb makes an early appearance as a toothy teenager in a ponytail when The Children's Film Foundation took Judy Geeson up north to Sheffield in winter to make this whimsical little adventure combining pigeons and industrial espionage against the backdrop of a real steel foundry as a backdrop. Meanwhile on the soundtrack the attractive clarinet score goes all percussive when villainy rears it's ugly head to make a grab for "the secret of a new alloy" which serves as the film's MacGuffin.

Another CFF triumph.

[plan99 · 9/10 · 22 April 2021]

Every Children's Film Foundation film I've seen so far has been very enjoyable and often shows well known actors and actresses in early roles. A great plot and plenty of action.