Jean's Plan is a 1946 British children's short crime film directed by A.C. Hammond and starring Billie Brooks, Gerald Case and Lyn Evans. It was based on a story by J.O. Thomas.
Plot summary The daughter of a jeweller attempts to stop her father being robbed.
Cast Billie Brooks as Elsie Higgs Gerald Case as Inspector of Police Lyn Evans as Mr. Higgs Stanley Martin as police car driver Geoffrey Morris as Squire Vivian Pickles as Jean Fairfax Jimmy Rhodes as Harry Maurice Rhodes as boy with dog Edward V. Robson as Mr. Fairfax Alan Tilvern as Max Anthony Verney as police orderly
Reception The Monthly Film Bulletin 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 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 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."
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