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The View from Pompey's Head
The View from Pompey's Head

The View from Pompey's Head

NOT SINCE SCARLETT AND JEZEBEL HAS THE SOUTH PRODUCED SUCH A WOMAN!

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

3.5/10

Release Date

04 November 1955

Country

United States of America

Cast

Richard Egan

Richard Egan

Anson 'Sonny' Page

Dana Wynter

Dana Wynter

Dinah Blackford Higgins

Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

Garvin Wales

Marjorie Rambeau

Marjorie Rambeau

Lucy Devereaux Wales

Dorothy Patrick

Dorothy Patrick

Meg Page

Rosemarie Stack

Rosemarie Stack

Kit Robins Garrick

Jerry Paris

Jerry Paris

Ian Garrick

Ruby Goodwin

Ruby Goodwin

Esther

DeForest Kelley

DeForest Kelley

Jim - Hotel Clerk

Cameron Mitchell

Cameron Mitchell

Michael Higgins

Howard Wendell

Howard Wendell

John Duncan

Dayton Lummis

Dayton Lummis

Charles Barlowe

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Miss Mabry

Bill Walker

Bill Walker

Train Porter

Charles Watts

Charles Watts

Police Desk Sergeant

Leoda Richards

Leoda Richards

Party Guest

Evelyn Rudie

Evelyn Rudie

Cecily Higgins

Charles Herbert

Charles Herbert

Pat Page

Cheryl Callaway

Cheryl Callaway

Debbie Page

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