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The Small World of Sammy Lee is a 1963 British black-and-white comedy-drama crime film written and directed by Ken Hughes and starring Anthony Newley, Julia Foster and Robert Stephens. [3] The film was based on the 1958 BBC TV one-character television play Sammy, also directed by Hughes and starring Newley, [4] described by Variety as "a ...
The Small World of Sammy Lee: Directed by Ken Hughes. With Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens, Wilfrid Brambell. The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.
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- Ken Hughes
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There is suspense, high drama and heartbreak in this story. Beautifully photographed in black and white, the addition of location filming in Soho, London, gave the film a murky underworld feel that suits the storyline perfectly. Sammy ‘Lee’ Leeman. Anthony Newley. Patsy.
Nov 8, 2016 · The Small World of Sammy Lee is released on EST, DVD and, for the first time, on Blu-ray on 14th November 2016. Extras are as follows: – New interview with Julia Foster-New interview with Mike Hodges – New locations featurette with Richard Dacre
- Andy Goulding
The Small World of Sammy Lee was filmed in July 1962, which places it between the London run of Stop The World I Want To Get Off which Newley co-wrote and starred in, and the Broadway run starting in October 1962. So it was sandwiched between two other productions where Anthony Newley was playing a tragic clown.
Location scenes filmed in the Soho and East End districts of London. Opened in London in April 1963; running time: 107 min. Ken Hughes's original teleplay was also produced for U. S. television and presented as Eddie on the November 10, 1958 segment of "Award Theatre."
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Ken Hughes. Director, Screenplay. Written by CinemaSerf on February 2, 2024. The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.