The Fourth Wish is a 1976 Australian family film directed by Don Chaffey based on a three-part 1974 TV drama from the ABC.
Synopsis
Casey learns that his 12-year-old son Sean has leukaemia and will die in a few months. Casey leaves his job to devote himself to making his son happy, seeing to grant three wishes of Sean: to own a dog, be reunited with his mother, and meet the Queen.
, 1h28 Réalisé parDon Chaffey OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame ActeursRichard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison, Patricia Jessel, Virginia Maskell Note64% Peter Watson est un ancien scientifique qui vit à l'étage du dessus (upstairs) d'une pension de famille à Londres. Il est en pleine dépression, persuadé d'être responsable de la mort d'un collègue lors d'une expérience. Une nuit, il est à l'origine d'un problème avec les autres habitants, l'un d'eux va appeler la police, et les choses vont s'envenimer.
, 1h28 Réalisé parDon Chaffey OrigineRoyaume-uni GenresDrame ActeursRichard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison, Patricia Jessel, Virginia Maskell Note64% Peter Watson is troubled with pain and an inability to sleep. He tries to light the gas-fire and seeks help from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model, and is reluctant to be disturbed. Another neighbour, Pollen calls for police help. The others in the boarding house are awaken by this time, and Mrs. Harris tries to help the mentally confused Watson but he also refuses her help. The police clash with Dr. Sanderson, a welfare worker, who thinks he can take the gun-toting Watson without complications, but when a police sergeant is injured, Police Inspector Thompson is determined to take Watson by force if necessary.
Respectable wife Ruth attempts to conceal her secret past as a criminal from neighbours and from her husband Chris. However, when a neighbour is burgled and Ruth mysteriously disappears, she becomes the police's prime suspect. Husband Chris searches the city for Ruth, in hopes of proving her innocence.