UK, 20 December 1955
50m
broadcast live, black and white, 4:3
mono, English
A British television fantasy special.
Plot Summary
In the days after the birth of Christ, disabled shepherd boy Amahl and his mother are visited by the three kings looking for the newborn messiah. Amahl offers his crutches as a present to the baby and is miraculously healed.
Credits
Crew
BBC
Producer: Christian Simpson
Music: Gian Carlo Menotti
Performed by: The Sinfonia of London
Cast
Malcolm Day, Graham Saunders (Amahl)
Gladys Whitred (Amahl’s mother)
John Lewis (King Kaspar)
John Cameron (King Melchior)
Scott Joynt (King Balthazar)
John Carvalho (page)
Josephine Gordon (dancer)
