Port of Escape

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]

For the proposed Australian film, see Port of Escape (unfinished film).

Port of Escape
Australian daybill poster
Directed byTony Young
Produced byLance Comfort
Screenplay byBarbara S. Harper
Tony Young
Abby Mann (additional scenes)
Based onshort story Safe Harbour by Barbara S. Harper[1]
StarringGoogie Withers
John McCallum
Bill Kerr
Joan Hickson
Music byBretton Byrd
CinematographyPhil Grindrod
Edited byPeter Pitt
Production
company
Wellington Films
Distributed byRenown Pictures Corporation (UK)
Release date
  • May 1956 (1956-05) (UK)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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

Hugh Pryse died in 1955, nine months before the film was released.[3]

Critical reception

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
  1. Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. "Port of Escape (1956)".
  3. "Hugh Pryse".
  4. "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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