Small Town Story (1953)
December 21, 1953Release Date
Small Town Story (1953)
December 21, 1953Release Date
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Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Cast & Crew.
Susan Shaw
Patricia Lane
Donald Houston
Tony Warren
Alan Wheatley
Nick Hammond
George Merritt
Michael Collins, Manager of Oldchester F.C.
Margareth Harrison
Jackie Collins
Arthur Rigby
Alf Benson, Talents Scout for Arsenal F.C.
Norman Williams
Elton
Denis Compton
Self
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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 was unknown for several decades. The British Film Institute 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. It has now been found, restored and released on DVD.