The Small World of Sammy Lee

Soho...Where Love Comes Cheap...Money Comes Hard...And Life is a Girl With a Suitcase a Thousand Miles From Home.

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Overview:

The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.

Released: 1963-04-20

Duration: 01:47:00

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Ray Freeborn, Ken Hughes

Writer: Ken Hughes

Cast: Anthony Newley, Warren Mitchell, Lynda Baron, ...

Director: Ray Freeborn Ken Hughes

Writer: Ken Hughes

Cast: Anthony Newley Warren Mitchell Lynda Baron Roy Kinnear Julia Foster Robert Stephens Wilfrid Brambell Miriam Karlin Kenneth J. Warren Clive Colin Bowler Toni Palmer Harry Locke June Cunningham Patti Dalton Harry Landis

Genre: Crime Drama Thriller

Description

Based on a BBC television program, this underworld drama set in London's Soho district created a different sort of role for star Anthony Newley, normally a performer associated with light musical comedy. Newley is the titular character, the master of ceremonies at a sleazy strip club owned by Gerry (Robert Stephens).

Sammy owes a substantial amount of money to a bookie, Fred (Kennth J. Warren), and has only five hours to pay off the debt, but he strikes out with his deli-owner brother Lou (Warren Mitchell). Desperately trying to raise the money before Fred's goons rough him up, Sammy is forced to help a naïve young girl, Patsy (Julia Foster), who shows up to the club ready to strip -- based on Sammy's outrageous claims and promises at an earlier meeting.