The Small World of Sammy Lee
Cast & Crew
Ken Hughes
Anthony Newley
Julia Foster
Robert Stephens
Wilfrid Brambell
Warren Mitchell
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Synopsis
Sammy Lee is the quick-witted master of ceremonies at the Peepshow Club, a sleazy striptease joint in Soho. In debt to a gangster-bookie, he has just 5 hours to raise £300 or face a brutal beating. Turned down by Lou, his hard-working, delicatessen-owner brother, because Lou's unsympathetic wife, Milly, will not let Lou help, Sammy tries to raise cash through shady deals in American whisky, Swiss watches, and marijuana. A naive North Country girl, Patsy, who came to London because Sammy promised her a career in show business, tries to help get money by agreeing to do a striptease for his lecherous employer, Gerry. Disgusted, Sammy puts her on a bus and sends her home, hoping to join her later. As time runs out, Sammy's schemes pay off but, because part of the money is in the form of a check, his frantic efforts have been to no avail. It is almost with relief that he turns to face the hoodlums. After the beating, however, he makes the ironic discovery that much of the money has been left in his wallet.
Director
Ken Hughes
Cast
Anthony Newley
Julia Foster
Robert Stephens
Wilfrid Brambell
Warren Mitchell
Miriam Karlin
Kenneth J. Warren
Clive Colin Bowler
Toni Palmer
Harry Locke
Al Mulock
Cyril Shaps
Roy Kinnear
Harry Baird
Alfred Burke
June Cunningham
Ronald Radd
Elmer
Lynda Baron
Ken Wayne
Crew
Ray Beck
Lili Berde
Christopher Dryhurst
Jimmy Evans
Seamus Flannery
Frank Godwin
Kenny Graham
Leslie Hammond
Ken Hughes
Kenneth Hyman
Joyce James
Philip Martell
Henry Richardson
Jim Roddan
Robert Sterne
Hugh Strain
Eileen Sullivan
Wolfgang Suschitzky
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in the Soho and East End districts of London. Opened in London in April 1963; running time: 107 min. Ken Hughes's original teleplay was also produced for U. S. television and presented as Eddie on the November 10, 1958 segment of "Award Theatre."
