Hand in Hand

Hand in Hand

73 mins | Drama, Family | Feb. 6, 1961

Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be parted for never and never". Unfortunately, the society that Michael and Rachel live in is one of religious intolerance. The fact that Michael is Irish Catholic and Rachel is Jewish is a point of conflict for just about everyone in the community.

Hand in Hand

73 mins | Drama, Family | Feb. 6, 1961

Hand in Hand
Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be parted for never and never". Unfortunately, the society that Michael and Rachel live in is one of religious intolerance. The fact that Michael is Irish Catholic and Rachel is Jewish is a point of conflict for just about everyone in the community.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Associated British Picture Corporation, , Helen Winston Productions
Original title Hand in Hand
Directors Douglas Hermes, June Randall, Philip Leacock
Writers Leopold Atlas, Diana Morgan, Sidney Harmon

Cast

Philip Needs

as Michael O'Malley

Loretta Parry

as Rachel Mathias

Kathleen Byron

as Mrs. O'Malley

Finlay Currie

as Mr. Pritchard

Arnold Diamond

as Mr. Mathias

John Gregson

as Father Timothy

Sybil Thorndike

as Lady Caroline

Derek Sydney

as Rabbi

Denis Gilmore

as Tom

Miriam Karlin

as Mrs. Mathias

Barry Keegan

as Mr. O'Malley

Barbara Hicks

as Miss Roberts

Susan Reid

as Priscilla

Peter Pike

as Harry

Donald Tandy

as George

Madge Ryan

as George's Wife

Stratford Johns

as Farmer

Eric Francis

as Newsboy

Martin Lawrence

as The Cantor

Dido Plumb

as Jewish Man in Synagogue (uncredited)