Geordie's father Doris Goddard as Helga Stanley Baxter as Postman Duncan Macrae as Schoolmaster Michael Ripper as Australian journalist Reception The film premiered at the Plaza in London on 2 September 1955. The Times' poetic reviewer found the film to have, "gracious and decorous atmosphere; the steep hills have stamped themselves on everyone's imagination, so that the story-telling is not flat, the dialogue never airless. The earth is beneath us, the sky above, and to receive messages from both and to interpret them is the splendidly authentic figure of Mr. Alastair Sim's Laird." In real life, the hammer throw at the Melbourne Olympics was won by American Hal Connolly. Box Office According to the National Film Finance Corporation, the film made a comfortable profit. References External links 1955 films 1950s sports comedy-drama films British sports comedy-drama films Athletics films Films about the 1956 Summer Olympics Films based on Canadian novels Films set in 1956 Films set in Melbourne Films set in Scotland Films directed by Frank Launder Films with screenplays by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat Films scored by William Alwyn 1955 comedy films 1955 drama films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films