Scramble (film)

Scramble is a 1970 British children's sports drama film directed by David Eady and starring Ian Ramsey, Robin Askwith, Lucinda Barnes and Stephen Mallett. It was written by Michael Barnes and produced by Barnes and Eady for the Children's Film Foundation.

Cast

Ian Ramsey as Jimmy Riley
Stuart Lock as Colin Buxton
Stephen Mallett as Brian Buxton
Lucinda Gorell-Barnes as Vicky Buxton
Gareth Marks as Oscar Heppelwhite
Robin Askwith as Lennie
Carling Paton as Cliff
Alfred Marks as Mr. Hepplewhite
James Hayter
David Lodge
Peggy Sinclair
William Lucas
Graham Stark

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A motorcycle scramble club provides an exciting background for this schoolboy adventure, whose suspense reaches its high point in the incident of the sawn-through bridge. The story's serious moral basis is brightly camouflaged by David Eady's comic approach, with Alfred Marks giving an enjoyable performance as the discomfited Mr. Hepplewhite and his real-life son Gareth causing much amusement as the cheerfully inept Oscar. Indeed, the younger actors all come up to the high standard set by the adult participants, making Scramble one of the best and most entertaining films the Foundation has yet produced."