| The Small World of Sammy Lee | |
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| Directed by | Ken Hughes |
| Screenplay by | Ken Hughes |
| Based on | story by Ken Hughes |
| Produced by | Alec C. Snowden |
| Starring | Anthony Newley Julia Foster Robert Stephens |
| Cinematography | Wolfgang Suschitzky |
| Edited by | Henry Richardson |
| Music by | Kenny Graham |
Production company | Elgin Films |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films (UK) Bryanston Films Seven Arts Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £190,067[1] |
| Box office | £49,981 (UK)[2] |
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.[3] The film was based on the 1958 BBC TV one-character television play Sammy, also directed by Hughes and starring Newley,[4] described by Variety as "a masterful piece of work."[5]
- ^ Petrie, Duncan James (2017). "Bryanston Films : An Experiment in Cooperative Independent Production and Distribution" (PDF). Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: 7. ISSN 1465-3451.
- ^ Petrie p 13
- ^ "The Small World of Sammy Lee". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Sammy". 26 March 1958. p. 19 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "Sammy". Variety: 45. 2 April 1958.