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71 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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Cast
Diane Cilento
Mary
George Baker
Joe Harrop
Jimmy Karoubi
George Wilson
David Kossoff
Max
Violet Farebrother
Ma
Sydney Tafler
Butch
Earl Cameron
Lemmie
Derek Sydney
Harry the Spice
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- George More O'Ferrall
- Writers
- Neil Paterson
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
George More O'Ferrall directs. Alfred Roome cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 171 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Editor Alfred Roome shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Diane Cilento and George Baker and Jimmy Karoubi carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0048810 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Alfred Roome
- Runtime
- 91 min · 1h 31m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB rating
- 5.7/10 · 135 votes
Also by
George More O'Ferrall
Production companies
Who made it
- TH
The Rank Organisation
GB
Key crew
- EditorAlfred Roome
- ProducerLeslie Parkyn
- MusicMalcolm Arnold
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1955-08-25
