The Heart Within | |
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Directed by | David Eady |
Screenplay by | Geoffrey Orme |
Story by | John Baxter |
Produced by | Jon Penington |
Starring | James Hayter Clifford Evans Earl Cameron |
Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
Edited by | Peter Pitt |
Music by | Vivian Comma Edwin Astley |
Production company | Penington Eady Productions |
Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Heart Within is a 1957 British drama film directed by David Eady and starring James Hayter, Clifford Evans and David Hemmings. [1] A Jamaican dockside worker goes on the run in London suspected of the murder of another Jamaican.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote "With some good camerawork, a London docks setting, and cautious but not unenterprising use of its West Indian characters, this film has a more convincing air than most thrillers of its type. Unfortunately, the effect is somewhat handicapped by an over-melodramatic and stereotyped climax and by some indifferent playing. Earl Cameron and David Hemmings play agreeably, though, as the West Indian and the cockney boy who befriends him. Background music is effectively provided by a West Indian steel band." [2]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Variably acted, quite pleasing racial-problem thriller." [3]
TV Guide wrote "Well-acted presentation of a man accused of murder because of the color of his skin...Intriguing effort given power mainly through the handling of the theme of prejudice." [4]
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