The story of the inhabitants of St Anthony’s Lane, a small street in London’s cosmopolitan Soho, especially of the romance between womanising asphalt layer Michael Morgan (John Gregson) and Julia Gozzi (Belinda Lee), the daughter of an Italian family who are about to emigrate to Canada.
The shattering roar of a pneumatic drill is the music of romance for the flirtatious road mender.
Ignoring the fact that attractive blonde Belinda Lee looks and acts as much like an Italian girl as an Eskimo, Miracle In Soho is a warm-hearted, laughter-laced film. Unfortunately, the movie was not well received by critics.
The small Soho street was constructed at Pinewood Studio with a pub at one end and a church at the other, with a restaurant, pet shop, espresso bar, bakers, newsagent, tobacconist, delicatessen and garage in between and a number of basement flats.
The main design problem to overcome was the surface of the road – during the course of the film, the ancient patched asphalt is drilled up, with concrete beneath it, and finally relaid with smooth asphalt.
At one point during the story, the surface had to crack and break into great chunks, throwing up fountains of water that flooded the pavements and poured down basement stairs.
Each shop fascia was made as a separate unit on wheels up to the top of the ground floor, with the upper storeys hung from the roof.
This made it possible to move out sections so the camera and lighting could be accommodated for the many tricky shots in the narrow street set.
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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Ignoring the fact that attractive blonde Belinda Lee looks and acts as much like an Italian girl as an Eskimo, Miracle In Soho is a warm-hearted, laughter-laced film. Unfortunately, the movie was not well received by critics.
