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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]

Port of Escape
Australian daybill poster
Directed by	Tony Young
Screenplay by	Barbara S. Harper Tony Young Abby Mann (additional scenes)
Based on	short story Safe Harbour by Barbara S. Harper[1]
Produced by	Lance Comfort
Starring	Googie Withers John McCallum Bill Kerr Joan Hickson
Cinematography	Phil Grindrod
Edited by	Peter Pitt
Music by	Bretton Byrd
Production company	Wellington Films
Distributed by	Renown Pictures Corporation (UK)
Release date	May 1956 (1956-05) (UK)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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

• Googie Withers - Anne Stirling
• John McCallum - Mitchell Gillis
• Bill Kerr - Dinty Missouri
• Joan Hickson - Rosalie Watchett
• Wendy Danielli - Daphne Stirling
• Hugh Pryse - Skinner
• Alexander Gauge - Inspector Levins
• Ingeborg von Kusserow - Lucy
• Ewan Roberts - Sergeant Rutherford
• Basil Dignam as Det. Sgt. Crawford
• George Rose as Publican

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

External links

• Port of Escape at IMDb

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