Still image from the 1959 film Nowhere to Go.

Nowhere to Go

Directed by Seth Holt

A burglar on the run holes up with an innocent English girl.

1959 1h 27m Crime TV-PG

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CAST
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Seth Holt, Director
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Seth Holt
Director

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George Nader, Paul
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George Nader
Paul "Greg" Gregory

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Maggie Smith, Bridget Howard
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Maggie Smith
Bridget Howard

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Bernard Lee, Victor Sloane (also known as Lee Henderson)
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Bernard Lee
Victor Sloane (also k..

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Geoffrey Keen, Inspector Scott
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Geoffrey Keen
Inspector Scott

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Bessie Love, Mrs. Harriet P. Jefferson
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Bessie Love
Mrs. Harriet P. Jeffe..

FULL SYNOPSIS

In London, soon after beginning his ten year sentence for robbery, Canadian Paul Gregory breaks out of prison with the assistance of his partner, Victor Sloane. Sloane has arranged for Paul to take refuge in a small flat whose owner is away for three months. While Paul settles into a steaming bath he recalls the crime for which he was arrested: After discovering a newspaper article describing the rare coin collection owned by widow Mrs. Harriet P. Jefferson, Paul arranges to run into Mrs. Jefferson at a hockey match. Playing upon the fact that Mrs. Jefferson is also Canadian, Paul soon befriends her, presenting himself as a struggling but determined playwright. After several meetings, Mrs. Jefferson confides she wants to sell her rare coin collection and Paul recommends she consult a dealer with whom he is acquainted. When Mrs. Jefferson expresses interest in wanting to help Paul with his monetary difficulties, he suggests that she allow him to act as her agent in selling the coins. Paul then takes Mrs. Jefferson to meet Sloane, who, in the guise of a dealer, appraises the collection. Sloane's caution to Mrs. Jefferson that Paul is a novice in making deals only serves to goad her into giving Paul written authority to act for her. While Mrs. Jefferson is out of town, Paul arranges to sell the coins to a reputable coin dealer and insists on payment in cash. After orchestrating Mrs. Jefferson's maid's absence from her house, Paul removes the coins, sells them and dep...


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ARTICLES
Often overlooked in discussions of film noir cinema, Nowhere to Go (1959) is a rarely seen but uncompromisingly bleak character study that came late in the film noir cycle and was a distinctly British take on the genre. Opening with an ingenious prison breakout sequence, the film follows the escapee, Paul Gregory (George Nader), as he makes his way to a hideout where he recalls the circumstances that brought him to his current predicament. In flashbacks, we see how Gregory, posing as a struggling playwright, managed to charm a wealthy widow into letting him handle the sale of her late husband's valuable coin collection. An experienced con artist, Gregory double-crosses his client, selling the collection for hard cash and depositing it in a safety lock box of which he has the only key. Later, when he's picked up as the logical robbery suspect, Gregory pleads guilty, thinking he'll get off in a few months but instead, the judge decides to make an example of him and increases his sentence to ten years. Once Gregory escapes from prison, his life takes a swift downward turn; his former partner (Bernard Lee) savagely beats him and steals his safety box key, most of his underworld acquaintances shun him and he finds himself stranded without money or lodging. Soon he's on the run again, suspected of his partner's murder, and only one woman (Maggie Smith), who he barely knows, offers him refuge. But why would she risk it? Among the many pleasures of watching Nowhere to Go is the ev...

NOTES

An August 1956 HR news item indicated that British director Harry Watt would be directing Nowhere to Go for producer Michael Balcon. Nowhere to Go was probably one of six films that were part of a financing package between M-G-M and Balcon. For more information on the Ealing Films/M-G-M contract see the entry above for the 1957 film, Decision Against Time. A November 1956 item noted that Bridget Boland was writing the screenplay, but her contribution, if any, to the final script has not been determined. Nowhere to Go marked the film debut of Maggie Smith.

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