The story of the inhabitants of a small Soho street, especially of the romance between a womanising asphalt layer and the daughter of an Italian family who are about to emigrate to Canada.
Emeric Pressburger’s screenwriting outings in Britain without Michael Powell were few and far between, and this dour little drama might go some way to explaining why. Pressburger’s script aims for the sort of semi-documentary tone that had become fashionable at the time, but this romance needed a little local colour to buck it up, not grey sociological pronouncements.
Christopher Challis’s grim images of Soho have a certain historical value, but, amid a plethora of dodgy accents, neither John Gregson nor Belinda Lee even comes close to convincing.
Michael Morgan
John Gregson Julia Gozzi
Belinda Lee Sam Bishop
Cyril Cusack Mafalda Gozzi
Rosalie Crutchley Papa Gozzi
Peter Illing Mama Gozzi
Marie Burke Filippo Gozzi
Ian Bannen Johnny
Brian Bedford Gwladys
Barbara Archer Tom Nichols
John Cairney Steve
Lane Meddick Maggie
Billie Whitelaw Potter
Julian Somers Ernie
Harry Brunning Old Bill
Douglas Ives Sid, foreman
George A. Cooper Mr Svoboda
Cyril Shaps Delia
Junia Crawford Mrs Coleman
Betty Shale Karl
Richard Marner Michael
Michael Collins Dolores
Lucia Guillon Buddy Brown
Gordon Humphris
Director
Julian Amyes
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