Rent The Small Voice (1948)
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- Synopsis:
- Whilst driving to their house in the Welsh hills, Murray Byrne (James Donald) and his wife Eleanor (Valerie Hobson) come across a crashed car, and take the three male occupants home with them for medical care. Then they discover that the men are armed. No one is allowed to leave the house, and the Byrnes' movements are now closely watched by their captors...
- Actors:
- Valerie Hobson, James Donald, Howard Keel, David Greene, Michael Balfour, Joan Young, Angela Fouldes, Glyn Dearman, Norman Claridge, Edward Evans, Bill Shine, Michael Hordern, Edward Palmer, Lyn Evans, Alan Tilvern, Hugh Owens, Frederic Steger, Godfrey Barrie, Edward Hodge, Kathleen Michael
- Directors:
- Fergus McDonell
- Producers:
- Anthony Havelock-Allan
- Writers:
- George Barraud, Derek Neame, Julian Orde, Robert Westerby
- Aka:
- The Hideout
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
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Knotted Sheets - The Small Voice review by CH
A hostage drama always has a built-in advantage. Will they escape? That is, both the kidnappers and their victims. From a novel by Robert Westerby, whose work one feels a need to explore, The Small Voice (1948) finds Valerie Hobson unhappily married to James Donald who has become successful as a playwright with a knack for exploring the criminal mind. Even so, they are taken by surprise when offering a lift to some men who have had an accident at the roadside; these have escaped from Dartmoor and promptly lock the couple in the country house to which they had been returning.
What's more, the leader of the gang is none other than Howard Keel (billed under his real name of Harold). All this is directed by Fergus McDonell with a noir turn which generally surmounts the implausible, and much of its brio comes from the couple's redoutable housekeeper Joan Young (her Biblical diversion is a high point). And one cannot overlook a young brother and sister – Glyn Dearman and Angela Foulds – who, well-clipped accents and all, find themselves holed up there. Well worth seeing.