How about a film I delighted in as a child, but which no-one seems to have heard of today:
Sammy Going South.
Young Sammy, aged 10, is orphaned during a bombing raid on Port Said during the
Suez Crisis of 1956. He decides to make his own way from Egypt to South Africa to join his only living relative, an aunt.
On the way he has numerous adventures and encounters, including becoming the protégé of grumpy old diamond smuggler Edward G. Robinson. Harry H. "
Steptoe" Corbett also puts in an appearance.
I must have seen this film in the cinema two or three times as a kid; when I found out recently that it was
available on DVD, I pounced without a second thought.
Highly recommended for adventurous kids of all ages.
maximus otter