Directed by:
Ken HughesCinematography:
Basil EmmottCast:
Victor Mature, Patrick Allen, Diana Dors, Alfred Burke, Van Boolen, Gene Anderson, Wensley Pithey, Ewen Solon, Arthur Lovegrove, Dervis Ward, Norman Rossington (more)Plots(1)
One of several British melodramas picked up for American distribution by Columbia in the late 1950s, The Long Haul stars Victor Mature and Diana Dors, two of the prettiest and most amply endowned screen personalities of the era. Mature is cast as American ex-GI Harry Miller, who takes a job as a truck driver to support his British war bride Connie (Gene Anderson). It isn't long, however, before Harry is blackmailed into joining a smuggling operation run by the conniving Casey (Liam Redmond). His resolved momentarily weakened by his obsession with gang moll Lynn (Diana Dors), Harry finally decides to turn honest again--if the other crooks will let him live that long. Director Ken Hughes adapted the screenplay from a novel by Mervyn Mills. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Victor Mature
USA
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Patrick Allen
Malawi
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Threads (1984) (TV movie)
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Diana Dors
UK
Best movies:
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Alfred Burke
UK
Best movies:
Van Boolen
UK
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Wensley Pithey
South Africa
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Ewen Solon
New Zealand
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Arthur Lovegrove
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
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A Night to Remember (1958)
Dervis Ward
UK
Best movies:
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Norman Rossington
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
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Sam Kydd
UK
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John Harvey
UK
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Meier Tzelniker
Romania
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Liam Redmond
Ireland
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Jim O'Brady
UK
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From Russia with Love (1963)
Harcourt Curacao
Curacao
Murray Kash
Canada
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Roland Brand
Canada
Best movies:
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Arthur Mullard
UK
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