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The View from Pompey's Head

The View from Pompey's Head

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The View from Pompey's Head

"NOT SINCE SCARLETT AND JEZEBEL HAS THE SOUTH PRODUCED SUCH A WOMAN!"

1955
1h 37m
3.5(3 votes)
Drama

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?

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20th Century Fox

Cast & Crew

19 members
Acting

Richard Egan

Anson 'Sonny' Page

Richard Egan
Acting

Dana Wynter

Dinah Blackford Higgins

Dana Wynter
Acting

Sidney Blackmer

Garvin Wales

Sidney Blackmer
Acting

Marjorie Rambeau

Lucy Devereaux Wales

Marjorie Rambeau
Acting

Dorothy Patrick

Meg Page

Dorothy Patrick
Acting

Rosemarie Stack

Kit Robins Garrick

Rosemarie Stack
Acting

Jerry Paris

Ian Garrick

Jerry Paris
Acting

Ruby Goodwin

Esther

Ruby Goodwin
Acting

DeForest Kelley

Jim - Hotel Clerk

DeForest Kelley
Acting

Cameron Mitchell

Michael Higgins

Cameron Mitchell
Acting

Howard Wendell

John Duncan

Howard Wendell
Acting

Dayton Lummis

Charles Barlowe

Dayton Lummis
Acting

Bess Flowers

Miss Mabry

Bess Flowers
Acting

Bill Walker

Train Porter

Bill Walker
Acting

Charles Watts

Police Desk Sergeant

Charles Watts
Acting

Leoda Richards

Party Guest

Leoda Richards
Acting

Evelyn Rudie

Cecily Higgins

Evelyn Rudie
Acting

Charles Herbert

Pat Page

Charles Herbert
Acting

Cheryl Callaway

Debbie Page

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