Windom's Way (1957)

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• Filmado em: Pinewood (estúdios)

Windom's Way is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Peter Finch and Mary Ure. Made in Eastman Color, it is set during the Malayan Emergency.

Production

Film rights to Windom's Way were bought by Carl Foreman, who wrote the script. He sold the rights to this and two other properties to Earl St John of Rank Film Productions, who in January 1955 announced it as part of its schedule for that year (but it would not be made for another two years). The company was making an increasing amount of movies overseas at the time to combat the threat of television.

The script was rewritten and 'Anglicized' by Anthony Perry. Perry's draft was considered too "political" and was rewritten by Jill Craigie to be softened. However, the resulting work was considerably more left-wing than Rank's other colonial war films of this time such as The Planter's Wife and Simba.

Ronald Neame had just left The Seventh Sin (1957) during production. He was contacted by his old producing partner John Bryan who suggested Neame make Windom's Way with Peter Finch.

Finch made the film immediately after returning from Australia where he made Robbery Under Arms. Part of the location shoot took place in Corsica in May 1957 for three weeks. The rest was filmed at Pinewood.

It was Mary Ure's first movie under her contract with Rank. Best known for the play Look Back in Anger she had been under contract to Alex Korda, and after he died her contract transferred to Rank. She kept turning down scripts, saying "The trouble is the British film industry doesn't have enough good writers." However she agreed to make Windom's Way.

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