Best known as a film actor for his roles in The Elephant Man and Withnail & I, Michael Elphick plays a donkey jacket-clad villain in this clip from the newly remastered Black Island (1979).
This thrilling adventure is one of the gems included on our latest Children’s Film Foundation Bumper Box Set
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