Wee Geordie is an undersized lad who spends his savings on a physical culture course to increase his height and improve his strength. So successful is he that he is chosen in later years to represent Britain in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and as a consequence wins gold in the hammer throw.Such a simple tale with a message to youngsters that a goal can be achieved through sheer perseverance. Bill Travers plays the lead role as Geordie with a dour expression which breaks into a winning smile when things go right for him. Jean (Nora Gorsen) his companion since childhood urges him to accept the Olympic challenge and provides the romantic interest. Alistair Sim as the laird does well in a comic character role (as always). Francis de Wolff as Samson who prepares the correspondence courses for Geordie is a loud and aggressive character who takes all the credit for Geordie's success. There is a genuinely funny scene at the railway station when he farewells Geordie on his trip to Australia.The dialogue is very simple and unsophisticated. It is spoken slowly and clearly and fortunately the Scottish accent can be understood. The colour photography has a washed out look and shows how much the technology has advanced in the last 40 years or so.A nice little family film that will gladden the heart of any wee laddie or lassie.

The film throughout shows an innocence of the time which has been lost. The old house with the stairs to the bedrooms still sticks in my memory all these years latter. The plot could be used at any time in history but all of the scenery, comments, expressions are unique to this wonderful film and to a time long gone.

I agree with other comments that this needs to be brought back in VHS. It is a good movie that the whole family can enjoy. It has many memorable scenes. My favorite is when Geordie and some other Olympic atheletes lift a car off a person trapped under it. Any kid that has flipped through a comic and seen a Charles Atlas ad for body building will instantly connect with "Wee Geodie".

This movie is truly a classic... It is a classic story of a small boy who is tired of being small and rather than having sand kicked in his face, sends off for a "HE-MAN" mail order course... He then trains and dedicates himself to strength training and eventually grows to become an Olympic champion in the Hammer Throw, one of the Olympic strong man events... This movie is great and reminds us of days when Olympic champions were built from desire and hard work rather than todays steroids and other controversial techniques... A must see...