The original UK version runs 124 minutes. For the USA release, the film was re-edited to 95-minutes and new footage starring
Kim Hunter inserted:
- A scene between Bob (John Sweet) and his new bride Kim Hunter on the Rockefeller Center introduces the story which he then tells in flashback.
- The idyllic scenes with the boys' river battle and much of the hunt for the glue-man is cut with addition scenes or commentary by Bob added to cover the gaps.
- There is an additional epilogue with Bob and his girl at the tea-rooms in Canterbury.