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Small Town Story is a British film of genre Drama directed by Montgomery Tully with Donald Houston

Small Town Story (1953)

Small Town Story
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Length 1h9
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Genres Drama
Rating61% 3.0764053.0764053.0764053.0764053.076405

Small Town Story is a 1953 British thriller, directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Donald Houston and Susan Shaw (in a rare bad-girl role). The film is set in the world of association football and features appearances from sporting legend Denis Compton and commentator Raymond Glendenning, as well as players from the Arsenal, Millwall and Hayes football teams. It also features the only screen acting credit of Kent Walton, later to himself become a famous sports commentator.

The film soon disappeared from cinemas and its fate thereafter is unknown. The British Film Institute has included it on its "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films due to its perceived interest as a sporting period piece, the involvement of stars of the sporting world at the time, its curiosity value as the only known British black-and-white football-set thriller apart from The Arsenal Stadium Mystery, and increasing interest by film historians in Tully as a director.

Synopsis

Canadian ex-serviceman Bob Regan (Walton) returns to Oldchester, the English town where he was stationed during the war, hoping to find Pat Lane (Shaw), the girl he fell in love with. He meets up with Mike Collins (George Merritt), an old acquaintance who now manages Oldchester United, the local football club. He also renews his friendship with Collins' daughter Jackie (Margaret Harrison).

Actors

Donald Houston

(Tony Warren)
Susan Shaw

(Patricia Lane)
Alan Wheatley

(Nick Hammond)
George Merritt

(Michael Collins)
Arthur Rigby

(Alf Benson)
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