Chico the Rainmaker

Chico the Rainmaker was a British film serial made by Eyeline Films and the Children's Film Foundation. It was shown in 1974 on PBS in the USA, and shown in British cinemas in the 1970s and 1980s as part of their "Saturday Matinees". The series featured a talking shrunken head.

It was also known as The Boy with Two Heads.

Les Amis de Chico, French DVD menu

Plot synopsis

A boy named Chris Page finds a box at a local antiques shop that contains an eerie shrunken head. He and his sister, Jill, inadvertently play a special series of notes on a flute and call the head magically to life. It reveals itself to be Chicopacobacowana, a 2000 yr-old tribal rainmaker deity from the jungles of the Amazon.

'Chico' had been taken from the jungle by explorers three years previously, and had been awaiting an opportunity to return to his tribe ever since - he is vital to the tribe both as protector and because he has the power to make it rain. The head had been sold to the antiques shop inadvertently, and is being sought by an antiquities dealer (Stanley Thornton) who knows it to be priceless.

Two thieves (Doug and Des) who had earlier attempted to rob the antique shop, learn of a cash reward that Thornton is offering for Chico, and they attempt to capture him. The series centres on the children's adventures as they try to help Chico and to evade Thornton and the thieves.

Episodes

1. The Mysterious Box
2. Chico makes magic
3. Chase for Chico
4. The Magic Football
5. The Secret Cave
6. Chico makes the Rain
7. Farewell to Chico

Cast & Characters

Main characters:

Spencer Plumridge as Chris Page
Leslie Ash as Jill Page
Hilda Fenemore as Hilda Page
Peter Halliday as Mr. Page
Stanley Meadows as Douglas
Lance Percival as Stanley Thornton
Louis Mansi as Desmond
Clive Revill as Chico (voice)
Alex Mackenzie as the All-Father (hair)

Director: Jonathan Ingrams

Theme song

Chico chico the rainmaker, Chico chico the rainmaker, Chico chico the rainmaker, Chicopacobacawana make the rain! Chico I'm such a little fella, When I'm around you better get your umbrella, As I start to sway and my eyes go flash, The heavens open wide with a mighty crash!

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External links

Chico the Rainmaker on IMDb
DevilDead.com French entry
Video Clip of the Opening Credits and theme music on YouTube
Listing at the Children's Film and Television Foundation

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