Worm's Eye View

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Reception

The film was the sixth most popular movie at the British box office in 1951.^[3]

Cast

Ronald Shiner as Sam Porter
Garry Marsh as Pop Brownlow
Diana Dors as Thelma
John Blythe as Duke
Bruce Seton as Squadron Leader Briarly
Digby Wolfe as Corporal Mark Trelawney
Eric Davies as Taffy
Everley Gregg as Mrs. Bounty
Christina Forrest as Bella Bounty

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/58628
↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/332753
↑ "Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year.". Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld.: National Library of Australia). 29 December 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

External links

Worm's Eye View at AllMovie
Worm's Eye View at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
Worm's Eye View at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Jack Raymond

A Woman Misunderstood (1921)
Somehow Good (1927)
Second to None (1927)
Zero (1928)
A Peep Behind the Scenes (1929)
Splinters (1929)
French Leave (1930)
The Great Game (1930)
Up for the Cup (1931)
The Speckled Band (1931)
Tilly of Bloomsbury (1931)
Almost a Divorce (1931)
Mischief (1931)
Life Goes On (1932)
Say It with Music (1932)
Up to the Neck (1933)
Night of the Garter (1933)
Just My Luck (1933)
It's a King (1933)
Sorrell and Son (1934)
The King of Paris (1934)
Girls, Please! (1934)
Where's George? (1935)
Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
When Knights Were Bold (1936)
The Frog (1937)
The Rat (1937)
Blondes for Danger (1938)
No Parking (1938)
A Royal Divorce (1938)
The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939)
The Missing People (1940)
You Will Remember (1941)
Up for the Cup (1950)
Take Me to Paris (1951)
Reluctant Heroes (1951)
Worm's Eye View (1951)
Little Big Shot (1952)

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