The View from Pompey's Head
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The View from Pompey's Head is a 1955 American drama film adaptation of Hamilton Basso’s novel, centered on a lawyer returning to his Southern hometown and confronting buried secrets and racial tensions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The View from Pompey's Head canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American drama film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Hamilton Basso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The View from Pompey's Head (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joseph MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Philip Dunne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| editedBy | Louis Loeffler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationOf | The View from Pompey's Head (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern drama film
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drama film ⓘ legal drama film ⓘ |
| hasFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | mid-20th century American South ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
class differences in the American South
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conflict between North and South values ⓘ personal identity and past ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
racial tension in the American South
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racism in the United States ⓘ small-town secrets ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
confrontation with past secrets
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lawyer returning to his hometown ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 1950s American cinema ⓘ |
| producer | Philip Dunne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 97 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Philip Dunne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
American South
NERFINISHED
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fictional town of Pompey's Head, South Carolina ⓘ |
| sourceWorkAuthor | Hamilton Basso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| stars |
Cameron Mitchell
NERFINISHED
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Dana Wynter NERFINISHED ⓘ Marjorie Rambeau NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Egan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Blackmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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