Peter Pan (1976)
Overview
Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, starring Mia Farrow as Peter Pan and Danny Kaye as Captain Hook, and with Sir John Gielgud narrating. Julie Andrews sang one of the songs, "Once Upon a Bedtime", off-camera over the opening credits. It aired on NBC at 7:30pm on Sunday, December 12, 1976, capping off the program's 25th year on the air. The program did not use the score written for the highly successful Mary Martin version which had previously been televised many times on NBC. Instead, it featured 14 new and now forgotten songs, written for the production by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
What is Peter Pan about?
Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, starring Mia Farrow as Peter Pan and Danny Kaye as Captain Hook, and with Sir John Gielgud narrating. Julie Andrews sang one of the songs, "Once Upon a Bedtime", off-camera over the opening credits. It aired on NBC at 7:30pm on Sunday, December 12, 1976, capping off the program's 25th year on the air. The program did not use the score written for the highly successful Mary Martin version which had previously been televised many times on NBC. Instead, it featured 14 new and now forgotten songs, written for the production by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Peter Pan is a Fantasy, Music, Family, TV Movie movie, released on 1976-12-12, runtime 102 minutes.
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Directed by
Dwight Hemion
Cast
- Mia Farrow as Peter Pan
- Danny Kaye as Captain Hook / Mr. Darling
- Paula Kelly as Tiger Lily
- Virginia McKenna as Mrs. Darling
- Briony McRoberts as Wendy
- Tony Sympson as Smee
- Joe Melia as Starkey
- John Gielgud as Narrator
- Ian Sharrock as John
- Adam Stafford as Michael
- Peter O'Farrell as Nana
- Jerome Watts as Slightly
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