Julia foster on landing and preparing the role of patsy and working with director ken hughes. The small world of sammy lee 1963 091963 us drama 1h 47m user score. Into this sleazy world comes an 18 year old julia foster, somewhat in awe of sammy. The small world of sammy lee a british classic restored.
Peopled by the pimps, the punters, the brasses and the bookies, and with boils on its face like the sleazy peepshow club where sammy anthony newley comperes the strip. The small world of sammy lee is released on bluray on 14. The small world of sammy lee a british classic restored words paul risker while over half a decade has passed since the 1963 theatrical release of ken hughes the small world of sammy lee, it retains an air of vitality, moving along with a youthful spring in its step. The small world of sammy lee is a 1963 british crime film directed by ken hughes and starring anthony newley, julia foster and robert stephens. He has a barely concealed contempt for his boss robert stephens and the regular audience of dirty old men. The small world of sammy lee film the small world of sammy lee 20 april 1963. Watch the small world of sammy lee online bfi player. Stylishly shot by wolfgang suschitzky get carter, the film began as a oneman television play but was expanded in light of newleys jackofall trades stardom. The film sees him at work in a 5 hour window he has to find the money, if he doesnt come up with it by 7pm hell get the shit kicked out of him and still owe the money, if hes unlucky he wont live to see 8pm. Streaming gratuit voir film en vf hd, dp stream complet.
But sammy isnt doing what hes doing for the joy of it, or even to make his daily living. Ken hughes biggest hit was chitty chitty bang bang uk, 1968 and he seems to have little in common, although he was roughly the same age, with the british new wave directors such as tony richardson and john schlesinger. The small world of sammy lee is the dark, funny and thoroughly brilliant 1963 britishjewish crime thriller directed by ken hughes and starring anthony newley, julia foster, robert stephens and warren mitchell. And life is a girl with a suitcase a thousand miles from home. Anthony newley in clip from 1960s british thriller the small world of. The small world of sammy lee originally an awardwinning teleplay by ken hughes the film has been pumped up to feature length, perhaps at overlength.
A 1963 british crime film directed by ken hughes and starring anthony. Sammy lee anthony newley is a small time comic, acting as the compare in a soho strip joint. Read the full synopsis of the small world of sammy lee, 1963, directed by ken hughes, with anthony newley, julia foster, robert stephens, at turner classic movies. Anthony newley in clip from 1960s british thriller the small world of sammy lee newleys lee is your archetypal twobit hustler, a stripclub compere on the hook for gambling debts to the local. The small world of sammy lee british board of film. The small world of sammy lee is a 1963 british crime film written and directed by ken hughes and starring anthony newley, julia foster and robert stephens. Adapted from hughes bbc play, the film follows sammy lee leeman anthony newley, who with five hours to. The small world of sammy lee letterboxd social film. In case one thought that turning hit tv shows into movies was a 21st century phenomenon, here comes a restoration of the small world of. The small world of sammy lee is just around any corner in soho. The small world of sammy lee 1963 opening credits youtube.
Sammy lee singersongwriter anthony newley is a showman. Now that is a film that is not currently on reelstreets. Snappy, jazzy, gripping, cynical and stylish, this engrossing, fastpaced, locationshot london thriller, energetically scripted and directed with dark, downbeat panache by the gifted ken hughes, is atmospherically played out on the shadowy, seamy streets of 1960s soho. It is released on 14 november on bluray it is released on 14 november on bluray topics. A peepshow compere is hunted across the seedy london underworld of soho by debt collectors. With anthony newley, julia foster, robert stephens, wilfrid brambell. Vf the world of kanako streaming streaming complet. It follows smalltime wideboy and seedy stripclub compere sammy superbly portrayed by the highly influential but underrated actor, singer and songwriter anthony newley, on the run from the heavies after he runs up a debt he cant pay at an allnight card game. Trouver avec dpstream films series gratuitement et sans limite. I viewed this film noir a few months ago and it definitely reminded me of the excellent night and the city1950, starring richard widmark as harry fabian.
Set and filmed on the streets of soho, we follow stripclub compere sammy lee newley as he races against time to pay off a gambling debt. Film thriller inggris tahun 60an the small world of sammy lee. Overview of the small world of sammy lee, 1963, directed by ken hughes, with anthony newley, julia foster, robert stephens, at turner classic movies. A jewish peepshow compere races to escape the vicious debt collectors who chase him across the seedy underworld of london and the jewish east end in this gritty and engrossing 1960s. If you like the small world of sammy lee, you may like. The legend we never closed, was a reference to the windmill remaining open during the second world war, and was. Movie typography from the small world of sammy lee 1963, directed by ken hughes, starring anthony newley, julia foster, robert stephens. The small world of sammy lee 1963 rotten tomatoes based on a bbc television program, this underworld drama set in londons soho district created a different sort of role for star anthony. Genres drama directors ken hughes cast includes anthony newley, julia foster, robert stephens, winfred bramwell, warren mitchell. The small world of sammy lee digitally restored bluray. And we do so with classic british crime film the small world of sammy lee. The small world of sammy lee screens on 15 november at jw3, london as part of the jewish film festival.
Cut versions one or more versions of this work have been cut. In 1963, the same year he played the lead in ken hughes breathless, splendid sohoset brit noir the small world of sammy lee, stylishly shot by wolfgang suschitzky who died last week, on 7 october, at the age of 104, he was all over the place an acclaimed actor, singer, and. Anthony newley, julia foster, robert stephens, wilfrid brambell, warren mitchell, ken hughes. The small world of sammy lee 1963 the movie database. Released in 1963, ken hughes the small world of sammy lee stars prolific anthony newley and several other british greats as a britishjewish spieler slash stripclub comedian who must beg, borrow and steal a debt he owes to a soho gangster or else face a worser fate than death. However, loyal fans of his work will be delighted to see that londonbased crime drama, the small world of sammy lee 1963, has been restored and released as part of the bfi london film festival this year. Hot on the heels of their excellent restoration of basil deardens 1951 pool of london, studiocanal present an overdue bluray release of another forgotten mid twentieth century slice of british noir in ken hughes 1963 the small world of sammy lee. A stripteaseshow compere is hunted across the seedy london underworld of soho by debt collectors.
The small world of sammy lee wikimili, the free encyclopedia. The small world of sammy lee 1h 47min drama april 1963 uk the compere of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money. Seedy soho stripclub compere sammy anthony newley races to escape the heavies who hunt him in this gritty. A characteristic of the wave was its northern settings and despite being set in london the small world of sammy lee shares its down at heel gloom. The end of the film is fascinating as it has a kind of reverse ending to billy liar instead of billy fisher in bradford missing the train to london whilst julie christie goes on to fame and fortune, in the small world of sammy lee sammy puts patsy straight back on the coach to bradford, deliberately missing it himself and staying to face his. The small world of sammy lee was a coming of age film for the young but already prodigious acting star.
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