A husband and wife stop to help two men in a car crash only to find they are criminals on the run.A husband and wife stop to help two men in a car crash only to find they are criminals on the run.A husband and wife stop to help two men in a car crash only to find they are criminals on the run.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total
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Howard Keel
- Boke
- (as Harold Keel)
Angela Foulds
- Jenny Moss
- (as Angela Faulds)
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Did you know
- TriviaTheatrical movie debut of Howard Keel (Boke), credited as Harold Keel.
- GoofsWhen Valerie Hobson is inside the telephone box trying to phone the police Howard Keel's hand suddenly appears on the telephone without any prior warning, although she would surely have been alerted to his presence before that when he (presumably) opened the door to the telephone box (English telephone boxes of that era automatically returning the door to a closed position by means of a leather strap).
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Excellent British film noir
The Small Voice surprised me. I only watched it out of curiosity as I saw it was Howard Keel's first movie that he was offered while in Britain appearing in London in Oklahoma! This was in 1948 when he was 29. I've been a fan since I was a child as my earliest memory of the movies is seeing Annie Get Your Gun when I was about 5 or 6. Here, Keel is one of three escaped convicts from Dartmoor prison who invade the home of James Donald and Valerie Hobson after an offer to help after their car crashes. The couple have been having marital problems, possibly caused by Donald's war experiences which has left him with an injured leg and bad memories. Hobson can't stand his self pity any more and threatens to leave him. To add to the trouble, two small children, also involved in the crash are rescued by one of the crooks and brought back to the house. The film noir feel is apparent throughout the picture and really felt authentic for a British film. Howard Keel is the dominant personality and very impressive in his first role as a brutal thug although watch out for redeeming qualities. This film proves, rather like his musical rival, Gordon MacRae who I thought was very good in The Return of the Frontiersman in 1950, that these two big voiced singers could have been fine actors had they been given good roles like Frank Sinatra was in From Here To Eternity.
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- Maverick1962
- Nov 23, 2021
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- Die Stimme des Gewissens
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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