Sandy the Seal is a 1965 British family film directed by Robert Lynn and starring Heinz Drache, Marianne Koch and Gert Van den Bergh. Produced and co-written by Harry Alan Towers, the film was shot in South Africa in Technicolor and Techniscope II with sequences shot on Seal Island, South Africa. The film was released in the UK by Tigon British Film Productions in 1969.

Plot

A lighthouse keeper finds an injured seal left by seal poachers. He brings the seal to his wife and two children who learn responsibility by looking after the seal who they name Sandy. Sandy accompanies the children on their adventures and activities and discovers the ship of the seal poachers who plan a return to the lighthouse keeper's island for more valuable pelts.

Sandy the Seal

Cast

Heinz Drache - Jan Van Heerden

Marianne Koch - Karen Van Heerden

David Richards - David

Anne Mervis - Anne

Gert Van den Bergh - Jacobson

Bill Brewer - Lowenstein

Gabriel Bayman - Lofty

Brian O'Shaughnessy - MacKenzie

References

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1965 films

British drama films

1960s English-language films

English-language South African films

Films directed by Robert Lynn

Films about pinnipeds

Films scored by Malcolm Lockyer

Films set in South Africa

Films shot in South Africa

South African drama films

1960s British films

Sandy the Seal