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The Small World of Sammy Lee is a 1963 British black-and-white comedy-drama crime film written and directed by Ken Hughes and starring Anthony Newley, Julia Foster and Robert Stephens.
The Small World of Sammy Lee: Directed by Ken Hughes. With Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens, Wilfrid Brambell. The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.
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- Drama
- Ken Hughes
- 1963-04
Currently you are able to watch "The Small World of Sammy Lee" streaming on ITVX, Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel. It is also possible to buy "The Small World of Sammy Lee" on Apple TV, Amazon Video as download or rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Video, BFI Player online.
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Money Comes Hard...And Life is a Girl With a Suitcase a Thousand Miles From Home. Overview. The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money. Ken Hughes. Director, Screenplay. Written by CinemaSerf on February 2, 2024.
The Small World of Sammy Lee is a film that is right up my street. Directed by Ken Hughes, the film is a tour de force showcase for showbusiness renaissance man Anthony Newley, who stars in the titular role of two-bit hustler and Soho strip-joint compere Sammy 'Lee' Leeman (he anglicized his Jewish name because he thought it would be easier).
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- Elgin Films
- Ken Hughes
An evocative portrait of the darker side of 1960s Soho nightlife, The Small World of Sammy Lee is shot in vivid black and white by acclaimed cinematographer Wolf Suschitzky (Get Carter, Ulysses) and directed by Ken Hughes (Alfie Darling, The Trials of Oscar Wilde) from his BBC play.
Sammy Lee is the quick-witted master of ceremonies at the Peepshow Club, a sleazy striptease joint in Soho. In debt to a gangster-bookie, he has just 5 hours to raise £300 or face a brutal beating.
