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Operation Third Form
John Moulder Brown (Deep End) fronts a crack children’s spy unit in this ripping boy's own adventure.
Children's 1966 58 mins
Director: David Eady
Overview
In this favourite from the Children’s Film Foundation, a fresh-faced John Moulder Brown (Deep End) gives a sparkling performance as the schoolboy out to foil a pair of North London crooks with his crack spy unit – his classmates and kid sister. With its groovy 1960s soundtrack, Operation Third Form, by CFF veteran David Eady, is a pacy boy's own adventure.

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