The Heart Of The Matter
1953
Heart of the Matter is a faithful if somewhat austere adaptation of the same-named novel by Graham Greene. Set in Sierra Leone during WW II, the film stars Trevor Howard as assistant police commissioner Scobie. While his wife Louise (Elizabeth Allan) is away on vacation, Scobie falls in love with Helen (Maria Schell), the widow .. Read more
| Starring | Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allen, Maria Schell, Denholm Elliott |
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| Director | George More O'Ferrall |
| Genres | Drama |
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Despite its betrayal of Graham Greene's concluding chapters, this is still an atmospheric adaptation; and as the... read more on Time Out
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Trevor Howard gives what is possibly his finest screen performance
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Morality Tale
I first saw this movie many years ago on television but it was Trevor Howard's performance as the Police Officer in an African colony that stuck with me. ... more
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This is a good film as far as it goes, in that the acting is excellent and moving (particularly that of Trevor Howard and Maria Schell,with subtle performances ... more
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Curiously engaging
Even in love, Trevor Howard is a rather wintry presence in this adaptation of Graham Greene's novel. And in doing so he gets the Scobie character exactly ... more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Morality Tale
I first saw this movie many years ago on television but it was Trevor Howard's performance as the Police Officer in an African colony that stuck with me. ... more
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[Highly rated reviewer]
Good tension
This film is full of tension from beginning to end. It's a film of its time with good old British stiff upper lip middle class people running colonies. ... more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Morality Tale
I first saw this movie many years ago on television but it was Trevor Howard's performance as the Police Officer in an African colony that stuck with me. ... more
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Customer Review
This is a good film as far as it goes, in that the acting is excellent and moving (particularly that of Trevor Howard and Maria Schell,with subtle performances ... more
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[Highly rated reviewer]
Curiously engaging
Even in love, Trevor Howard is a rather wintry presence in this adaptation of Graham Greene's novel. And in doing so he gets the Scobie character exactly ... more
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Heart of the matter
Trevor Howard almost made for the part of Scobie. A fabulous piece of old style film making about colonial power as it might once have been. The only real ... more
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[Highly rated reviewer]
Good tension
This film is full of tension from beginning to end. It's a film of its time with good old British stiff upper lip middle class people running colonies. ... more
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An interesting disaster
'The Heart of the Matter' is often said to be Graham Greene's finest novel - so it is something of a mystery to know why the film is so rarely seen... more
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Despite its betrayal of Graham Greene's concluding chapters, this is still an atmospheric adaptation; and as the... read more on Time Out
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Trevor Howard gives what is possibly his finest screen performance
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