The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
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
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Richard Egan as Anson 'Sonny' Page |
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Dana Wynter as Dinah Blackford Higgins |
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Sidney Blackmer as Garvin Wales |
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Marjorie Rambeau as Lucy Devereaux Wales |
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Dorothy Patrick as Meg Page |
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Rosemarie Stack as Kit Robins Garrick |
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Jerry Paris as Ian Garrick |
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Ruby Goodwin as Esther |
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DeForest Kelley as Jim - Hotel Clerk |
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Cameron Mitchell as Michael Higgins |
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Howard Wendell as John Duncan |
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Dayton Lummis as Charles Barlowe |
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Bess Flowers as Miss Mabry |
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Bill Walker as Train Porter |
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Charles Watts as Police Desk Sergeant |
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Leoda Richards as Party Guest |
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Evelyn Rudie as Cecily Higgins |
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Charles Herbert as Pat Page |
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Cheryl Callaway as Debbie Page |
| Camera | Joseph McDonald | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert L. Simpson | Editor |
| Directing | Philip Dunne | Director |
| Writing | Philip Dunne | Writer |
| Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Leland Fuller | Art Direction |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles LeMaire | Costume Design |
| Art | Paul S. Fox | Set Decoration |
| Production | Philip Dunne | Producer |