The Haunted of Soho

Movie
German title	The Haunted of Soho
Original title	The Small World of Sammy Lee
Country of production	Great Britain
original language	English
Publishing year	1963
length	107 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Ken Hughes
script	Ken Hughes
production	Frank Godwin , Kenneth Hyman
music	Kenny Graham
camera	Wolfgang Suschitzky
cut	Henry Richardson
occupation
Anthony Newley : Sammy 'Lee' Leeman Julia Foster : Patsy Robert Stephens : Gerry Sullivan Wilfrid Brambell : Harry Warren Mitchell : Lou Leeman Miriam Karlin : Milly Kenneth J. Warren : Fred Clive Colin-Bowler : Johnny Harry Locke : Manager Al Mulock : Dealer Cyril Shaps : Maurice 'Morrie' Bellman Roy Kinnear : Lucky Dave Derek Nimmo : Rembrandt Harry Baird : Buddy Shine Alfred Burke : Big Eddie Lynda Baron : Yvette Ken Wayne : Bartender Kevin Brennan : Poker Player Billy Milton : Manager Ronald Radd : Big Alf

The Gehetzte of Soho (original title: The Small World of Sammy Lee ) is a British film drama in black and white from the year 1963 of Tony Richardson , who also wrote the screenplay was written. The leading roles are cast with Anthony Newley , Julia Foster , Robert Stephens and Wilfrid Brambell . The film first hit cinemas in April 1963 in Great Britain. It had its premiere in the Federal Republic of Germany on July 14, 1967.

action

The action is set in the London borough of Soho , the infamous entertainment district of the British capital. Here is "the small world of Sammy Lee" - the German translation of the English original song - a moderately paid emcees in one of the many striptease -Local. There is no escape from this narrowness, especially not from the razors with which the "organizations" are accustomed to draw defaulting debtors. And with Sammy Lee it is now so far that he has only five hours to settle 300 pounds of betting and gaming losses. With almost dogged heroism, he embarks on the seemingly hopeless task of spending an afternoon raising the sum through pumps and through partly honest, partly dishonest deals between his performances. But in the evening, when, contrary to expectations, it seems to have succeeded, there is a check under the expressly stipulated cash. That means the end. With black gallows humor, Jonny Lee first ridicules the club and then the guests from the stage. He then tries to escape, but soon gives up in resignation. The thugs do him terribly, but spare him from the worst and in the end even slip the check back to him.

Reviews

The Evangelische Film-Beobachter sums up his criticism as follows: “A superbly designed study, whose oppressively affected milieu leaves a shocking impression.” The lexicon of international film also has a good opinion of the film: “A convincing study of the milieu that focuses entirely on Fate of the Little Man Concentrated ”. Zeit Online judges: “Without any melodramatic accessories, Hughes portrays a lousy milieu with realistic accuracy. Glamor is only for tourists in the joyless streets of Soho. "

Web links

• The Gehetzte of Soho in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Evangelischer Filmbeobachter , Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 297/1967, pp. 386–387.
2. ↑ The Haunted of Soho. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 29, 2017 .  
3. ^ Review by Zeit Online. Retrieved June 30, 2017