THE VIEW FROM POMPEY’S HEAD

US, 1955, 97 minutes. Colour.
Richard Egan, Dana Wynter, Cameron Mitchell, Sidney Blackmer, Marjorie Rambeau, Dorothy Patrick, Jerry Paris.
Directed by Philip Dunne.

The View From Pompey’s Head was based on a popular novel by Hamilton Basso. It focuses on a New Yorker who goes back to his origins in the Deep South to investigate why royalties had not been paid to a famous author, played by Sidney Blackmer. While in the South, he meets the early love of his life, played by Dana Wynter, who is married to an exploiter, played by Cameron Mitchell.

The film is both romantic as well as being an investigation. The film was written and directed by Philip Dunne, prolific writer and director of popular films in the mid-50s, including Prince of Players.