The View from Pompey's Head (1955)

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Released:
1955-11-04

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?

Director:
Philip Dunne

Runtime:
1h 37min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Richard Egan
    as
    Anson 'Sonny' Page
  • Dana Wynter
    as
    Dinah Blackford Higgins
  • Sidney Blackmer
    as
    Garvin Wales
  • Marjorie Rambeau
    as
    Lucy Devereaux Wales
  • Dorothy Patrick
    as
    Meg Page