One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 • 94 min • Action · Adventure · Comedy · Drama · Family · Mystery · Thriller
Synopsis
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
Our family guide
Best from age 6- 50 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 58 Audience · 52 · 49%
This G-rated comedy follows a group of nannies and their charges who get caught up in a spy caper involving a stolen dinosaur skeleton. They must outwit Chinese spies to protect a secret microfilm.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Mild cartoonish chase sequences
- Some scenes of characters being tied up
What it models well
- Cooperation and teamwork
- Resourcefulness in a pinch
- Loyalty to friends
Talk about it after
- What makes a good spy story?
- The importance of historical artifacts
- How do different cultures communicate?
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Top billed cast
Director: Robert Stevenson • Crew: Bill Walsh
Reviewer notes
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewersLacklustre. <em>'One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing'</em> has a couple of mildly positive things about it, but it is largely a disappointment. I personally failed to get into the premise, I don't mind silly plots but I just don't feel like it connects at all. Alongside that, you have some very lazy casting which certainly hasn't aged well whatsoever.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersDinosaur skeleton meets panda nose! Lord Southmere has a ring of Chinese spies chasing him because he has in his possession a secret microfilm, the contents of this microfilm reveals the formula for mysterious Lotus X. After being chased into the Natural History Museum, Southmere hides the film in the bones of a Brontosaurus skeleton.…
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