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Question: Does someone know this movie?

mamaquita — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:13:03 -0800

Help me figure out what this movie is...

I saw this movie when I was a child, about 8 or 9 (late 70s). It's about missionaries in Africa. The little missionary boy becomes close friends with one of the African boys. He's injured in an accident where he was rolling down a hill in a huge inner tube and is flown to the US for treatment.

The people in the village raise money for the little African boy to fly to the US to see him. They make him a suit out of an old wool blanket. When he gets to America (NYC, I think) he gets lost and ends up on a bus with a bunch of kids on a field trip. The bus driver ends up being from his village and helps him find his way.

I remember being touched by this movie but never knew the name of it because I got to the theater late after the credits had rolled.

Does anyone know this movie? I'd love to see it again.

By: schwa

schwa — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:51:27 -0800

Oh my word! I remember that film (well not the name). The scene with him rolling down the hill in the wheel has stuck with me for years. I saw it in Middle school during the very early 80s.

I'd love to find this film too.

By: bingo

bingo — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:56:55 -0800

Ha. I too remember the inner tube scene, but can't remember the movie.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:33:41 -0800

IMDB is turning up noting similar between '65-'82 with assumptions it was made in USA and working with Child as part of the plot description. hopefully someone else can help