Five Go to Smuggler's Top | James Gatward | ACMI collection

Episode of Series “Famous Five”.
The Five go to Smuggler’s Top to stay with the Lenoir family. It is not long before they meet the eccentric Mr Barlowe - a man who seems to be responsible for the queer and highly suspicious things that are happening in the area. The five face a mystery full of excitement in and out of the underground secret passages and on the surrounding sea marshes. Rated: G

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

James Gatward

producer

Don Leaver

Duration

00:48:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Appears in

Famous Five

Group of items

Famous Five

Explore

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300777

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 12+

Childrens Films → Children 6-12

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/79805--five-go-to-smugglers-top/ |title=Five Go to Smuggler's Top |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=27 April 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}