Port of Escape
| Port of Escape | |
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| Directed by | Tony Young |
| Screenplay by |
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| Based on | short story Safe Harbour by Barbara S. Harper[1] |
| Produced by | Lance Comfort |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Phil Grindrod |
| Edited by | Peter Pitt |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
Production company | Wellington Films |
| Distributed by | Renown Pictures Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Port of Escape is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Tony Young and starring Googie Withers, John McCallum, Bill Kerr and Joan Hickson.[2]
Plot[edit]
Two sailors, one Australian and one American, are kicked off their ship when it docks in London, and get involved in a fight outside a dockside pub that leads to a man's death. They go on the run and hide on a barge that belongs to three women. The two men plan to travel to Missouri, the home state of the American, but not all goes to plan.
Cast[edit]
- Googie Withers - Anne Stirling
- John McCallum - Mitchell Gillis
- Bill Kerr - Dinty Missouri
- Joan Hickson - Rosalie Watchett
- Wendy Danielli - Daphne Stirling
- Hugh Pryse - Skinner
- Alexander Gauge - Inspector Levins
- Ingeborg von Kusserow - Lucy
- Ewan Roberts - Sergeant Rutherford
- Basil Dignam as Det. Sgt. Crawford
- George Rose as Publican
Hugh Pryse died in 1955, nine months before the film was released.[3]
Critical reception[edit]
In a recent review Allen Eyles at the Radio Times gives the film three out of five stars and writes that "The skilled performances of John McCallum and Googie Withers, and an atmospheric treatment of the London Docks setting, give this modest melodrama a considerable lift. ... An obscure director, Anthony Young, lets the pace slacken occasionally, but overall this is an intelligent and offbeat work that deserves to be better known, and probably owes much to its producer, Lance Comfort, an able director in his own right."[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Port of Escape (1956)". Archived from the original on 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Hugh Pryse". Archived from the original on 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Port of Escape – review - cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.
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