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The Heart Within

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The Heart Within
Original British quad poster
Directed byDavid Eady
Screenplay byGeoffrey Orme
Story byJohn Baxter
Produced byJon Penington
StarringJames Hayter
Clifford Evans
Earl Cameron
CinematographyErnest Palmer
Edited byPeter Pitt
Music byVivian Comma
Edwin Astley
Production
company
Penington Eady Productions
Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • July 1957 (1957-07)
(UK)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Heart Within is a 1957 British drama film directed by David Eady and starring James Hayter, Clifford Evans and David Hemmings.[1] A Jamaican dockside worker goes on the run in London suspected of the murder of another Jamaican.

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote "With some good camerawork, a London docks setting, and cautious but not unenterprising use of its West Indian characters, this film has a more convincing air than most thrillers of its type. Unfortunately, the effect is somewhat handicapped by an over-melodramatic and stereotyped climax and by some indifferent playing. Earl Cameron and David Hemmings play agreeably, though, as the West Indian and the cockney boy who befriends him. Background music is effectively provided by a West Indian steel band."[2]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Variably acted, quite pleasing racial-problem thriller."[3]

TV Guide wrote "Well-acted presentation of a man accused of murder because of the color of his skin...Intriguing effort given power mainly through the handling of the theme of prejudice."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "The Heart Within". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Monthly Film Bulletin review". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 319. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
  4. ^ "The Heart Within | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
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