Nowhere to Go

Nowhere to Go (1958)

...except into a woman's arms!

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.

Date of release
1958-12-02
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (31)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Director
Seth Holt

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Selfridges, Covent Garden, Amalgamated Studios, and Westminster Reference Library

Nowhere to Go is a 1958 British crime film directed by Seth Holt in his directorial debut. It stars George Nader, Maggie Smith, Bernard Lee, Harry H. Corbett and Bessie Love. It was written by Kenneth Tynan and Holt, based on the 1956 novel of the same title by Donald MacKenzie.

Production

The film was based on the 1956 debut novel Nowhere to Go (U.S. title: Manhunt) by Donald MacKenzie, a former prisoner. The Manchester Guardian wrote that "the reader is swept along until the very last page." The New York Times described it as "highly rewarding".

Nowhere to Go was produced at MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood but was released under the Ealing Studios banner. Ealing had moved to the Borehamwood studios following the sale of its own studio base in 1955.

In December 1956, Ealing listed Nowhere to Go among a slate of movies planned for the following year in conjunction with MGM; others included Davy (1958) and Dunkirk (1958). Harry Watt was originally scheduled to direct the film, but he was reassigned to The Siege of Pinchgut (1959), which was to be the last Ealing film.

The script was cowritten by Kenneth Tynan, who worked at Ealing for two years. This was the only script of his to be filmed while there. He wrote the script with Holt, who said "I did the action bits and he did the dialogue." Holt said that when writing, "I was determined that if we had a criminal as a central figure then we would not have this element of self pity that was so prevalent in those days."

George Nader appeared in the film just after his long-term contract with Universal had ended. He arrived in London on 3 December 1957.

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