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The View from Pompey's Head (1955)iMDB Rating: 7.1
Date Released : 4 November 1955
Genre : Drama
Stars : Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell, Sidney Blackmer. 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 ..." />
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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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Review :

Sturdy melodrama is nevertheless a product of its time

Married New York City lawyer with Southern roots returns to his hometown on business, digging up old Southern secrets and skeletons from the past as well as rekindling a distant romance. Despite some flashbacks near the beginning, a lean and straightforward adaptation of Hamilton Basso's book (its inelegant title changed to "Secret Interlude" overseas). The film manages to skirt overripe melodrama with help from the literate screenplay, however it's still rather dull. Themes of interracial relations and extra-marital intimacy must have been eyebrow-raising for 1955, but today they seem much ado about little. The performers are well-cast (and their divergent accents aren't a big distraction), but the blaring music by Elmer Bernstein seeks out more intensity on the screen than what we're getting, especially during the romantic clinches. The handsome film is well-produced, yet the plot is merely routine. **1/2 from ****