Flight of the Doves is a 1971 British Eastmancolor children's film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Jack Wild, Dorothy McGuire and Stanley Holloway.

Finn Dove and his sister Derval are tired of their stepfather's constant abuse and neglect, and they run away to Ireland to find their grandmother in County Galway.

[citation needed] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "After Soldier Blue, Ralph Nelson here turns his erratic directorial talents to Gaelic whimsy, recounting the storybook adventures of two appealing children searching for that "far place" that features in the tinkers' nostalgic songs.

The children's pursuit by a crew of comic grotesques (led by Ron Moody in some wild impersonations) involves a mixture of musical comedy, slapstick, and some droll, Blake Edwards-style, sidelong gags that dawdle on too long.

The transitions in mood are perfunctory and grating, and the humour mechanical; and despite the evidence of the credits (Nelson as cowriter, producer and director), the film reveals little commitment or inspiration".