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  • The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
  • 97 min | Drama
The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
97 min | Drama

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...See moreAnson 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? Written by Guy Bellinger See less
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Joseph MacDonald (as Joe MacDonald)
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Nov 4, 1955 (United States)
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34 cast members
Name Known for
Richard Egan
Anson 'Sonny' Page Anson 'Sonny' Page   See fewer
Dana Wynter
Dinah Blackford Higgins Dinah Blackford Higgins   See fewer
Cameron Mitchell
Michael "Mickey" / "Mico" Higgins Michael "Mickey" / "Mico" Higgins   See fewer
Sidney Blackmer
Garvin Wales Garvin Wales   See fewer
Marjorie Rambeau
Lucy Devereaux Wales Lucy Devereaux Wales   See fewer
Dorothy Patrick
Meg Page Meg Page   See fewer
Rosemarie Stack
Kit Robbins Garrick (as Rosemarie Bowe) Kit Robbins Garrick (as Rosemarie Bowe)   See fewer
Jerry Paris
Ian Garrick Ian Garrick   See fewer
Ruby Goodwin
Esther Esther   See fewer
Pamela Stufflebeam
Julia Higgins Julia Higgins   See fewer
Evelyn Rudie
Cecily Higgins Cecily Higgins   See fewer
Howard Wendell
John Duncan John Duncan   See fewer
Dayton Lummis
Charles Barlowe Charles Barlowe   See fewer
Charles Andrews
Manservant (uncredited) Manservant (uncredited)   See fewer
Cheryl Callaway
Debbie Page (uncredited) Debbie Page (uncredited)   See fewer
Benny Carter
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
George Chester
Hotel Waiter (uncredited) Hotel Waiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Frances Curry
Servant (uncredited) Servant (uncredited)   See fewer
Wade Dumas
Groom (uncredited) Groom (uncredited)   See fewer
Bess Flowers
Miss Mabry - Duncan's Secretary (uncredited) Miss Mabry - Duncan's Secretary (uncredited)   See fewer
Kenneth Gibson
Party Guest (uncredited) Party Guest (uncredited)   See fewer
Otis Greene
Hotel Servant (uncredited) Hotel Servant (uncredited)   See fewer
Lesley Harrison
Miss Harmon (uncredited) Miss Harmon (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Herbert
Pat Page (uncredited) Pat Page (uncredited)   See fewer
Wilma Jacobs
Betty-Jo Ann (uncredited) Betty-Jo Ann (uncredited)   See fewer
Bobby Johnson
Bellhop (uncredited) Bellhop (uncredited)   See fewer
DeForest Kelley
Jim Foster - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) Jim Foster - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)   See fewer
Anna Mabry
Maid (uncredited) Maid (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Mather
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
Florence Mitchell
Garrick's Secretary (uncredited) Garrick's Secretary (uncredited)   See fewer
Ken Osborne
Brother (uncredited) Brother (uncredited)   See fewer
Bill Walker
Pullman Porter (uncredited) Pullman Porter (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Watts
Police Sergeant (uncredited) Police Sergeant (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Wilson
Trainman (uncredited) Trainman (uncredited)   See fewer
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