The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
Overview
Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His assignment is to investigate the case of Garvin Wales, a famous writer, now nearly blind and embittered, whose royalties have apparently never reached him. Back in his native South, Page finds himself immediately exposed to what he had fled : racial and class prejudices. But he also meets his former love, Dinah, now married to go-getter uncouth businessman Mickey Higgins. Will he find out whatever happened to 2,000 dollars in rights Wales did not cash? Will Dinah and Anson renew their love story?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.049 |
Directed By
Philip Dunne
Crew
Joseph McDonald
Robert L. Simpson
Philip Dunne
Philip Dunne
Elmer Bernstein
Philip Dunne
Darryl F. Zanuck
Leland Fuller
Paul S. Fox
Charles LeMaire
TOP CAST
Richard Egan
Anson 'Sonny' Page
Dana Wynter
Dinah Blackford Higgins
Sidney Blackmer
Garvin Wales
Marjorie Rambeau
Lucy Devereaux Wales
Dorothy Patrick
Meg Page
Rosemarie Stack
Kit Robins Garrick
Jerry Paris
Ian Garrick
Ruby Goodwin
Esther
DeForest Kelley
Jim - Hotel Clerk
Cameron Mitchell
Michael Higgins
Howard Wendell
John Duncan
Dayton Lummis
Charles Barlowe
Bess Flowers
Miss Mabry
Bill Walker
Train Porter
Charles Watts
Police Desk Sergeant
Leoda Richards
Party Guest
Evelyn Rudie
Cecily Higgins
Charles Herbert
Pat Page
Cheryl Callaway
Debbie Page
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