Worm's Eye View

Worm's Eye View
Directed by Jack Raymond
Produced by Henry Halstead
Written by R.F. Delderfield
Jack Marks
Based on the 1943 play by R.F. Delderfield[1]
Starring Ronald Shiner
Garry Marsh
Diana Dors
Music by Tony Lowry
Tony Fones
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited by Helen Wiggins
Production
company
Henry Halstead Productions (as Byron Films)
Distributed by Associated British-Pathé (UK)
Release date
 April 1951 (UK)
Running time
 77 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Worm's Eye View is a 1951 British, Technicolor, comedy film, directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ronald Shiner as Sam Porter and Diana Dors as Thelma.[2] Based on the successful play of the same name by R.F. Delderfield, it was produced by Henry Halsted and Byron Film.

Plot summary

This comedy is set in a family home during World War II. Their bitter landlady is not pleased by five fighters from the Royal Air Force who are staying there and she re-directs unjustly her frustrations against the family. Part of this film appears in Rise and Shiner.[3]

Reception

TV Guide wrote, "some mild amusement is to be found here, particularly in the dialogue, though all in all this is nothing special. British filmgoers thought otherwise, though, making both the film and Shiner big successes."[4]

The film was the sixth most popular movie at the British box office in 1951.[5]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film".
  2. ↑ "Worm's Eye View (1951) - BFI". BFI.
  3. ↑ "Rise and Shiner (1948)". BFI.
  4. ↑ "Worm's Eye View". TVGuide.com.
  5. ↑ "Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 29 December 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 27 April 2012.


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