''Jean's Plan'' is a 1946 British children's short

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directed by A.C. Hammond and starring Billie Brooks,

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and Lyn Evans. It was based on a story by J.O. Thomas.

Plot summary

The daughter of a

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attempts to stop her father being robbed.

Cast

* Billie Brooks as Elsie Higgs *

as Inspector of Police * Lyn Evans as Mr. Higgs * Stanley Martin as police car driver * Geoffrey Morris as qquire *

Vivian Pickles Vivian Pickles (born 21 October 1931) is an English actress. Biography Pickles began her career as a child star after being chosen by Mary Field for a series of Saturday Morning children's films, including the lead roles in ''Jean's Plan'' (1 ...

as Jean Fairfax * Jimmy Rhodes as Harry * Maurice Rhodes as boy with dog * Edward V. Robson as Mr. Fairfax *

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as Max * Anthony Verney as police orderly

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those wi ...

'' wrote: "This is one of the good films destined for the young. It has no moral axe to grind and no child could help enjoying it. The heroine is a normal child full of common sense and courage. The film is full of thrills and incident, and the country scenes summery and pleasant." ''

Kine Weekly ''Kinematograph Weekly'', popularly known as ''Kine Weekly'', was a trade paper catering to the British film industry between 1889 and 1971. Etymology The word Kinematograph was derived from the Greek ' Kinumai ', (to move, to be in motion, to ...

'' wrote: "There is plenty of action before the villains are captured, including a canal jump, a tussle with the thieves and a car chase. Good acting by the juvenile star. Entertaining short for club audiences." In ''

Sight and Sound ''Sight and Sound'' (formerly written ''Sight & Sound'') is a monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI). Since 1952, it has conducted the well-known decennial ''Sight and Sound'' Poll of the Greatest Films of All Time. ...

'' Janet Hills wrote: "Miss Mary C. Parnaby and Mr. Maurice T. Woodhouse, reporting on children's cinema clubs in a 1947 B.F.I. pamphlet, thought that the C.E.F. film ''Jean's Plan'', although showing a genuine appreciation of young audiences' needs and interests, left too little to the imagination. They felt that suggestion would have been more effective than the somewhat detailed exposition."

References

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*{{IMDb title, 1661390 1946 films 1946 crime films British black-and-white films British crime films 1940s English-language films 1940s British films English-language crime films