While he is there, survivors of a ship torpedoed by the Germans are brought ashore by the Vichy police of neighbouring French Guinea. Eventually he accepts a loan from Yusef, a suspected smuggler.Ĭalled up country because a local District Commissioner is in trouble, he finds the man has committed suicide because of his debts. His wife does not like the climate or the other expatriates and keeps begging him to let her go to South Africa by sea but they cannot afford the fare. When he confiscates it, the captain begs him to do nothing because the letter is to his daughter. On a search of a neutral Portuguese ship, the Esperança, he finds an envelope addressed to Germany. Despite his having been a police officer in the country for 15 years, when the Police Commissioner announces he is to retire, Scobie is overlooked in favour of a younger man sent out from the UK. Scobie, Deputy Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Police in Freetown during the Second World War, is unhappily married to fellow-Catholic Louise: both mourn the death of their only daughter.

The black and white cinematography was by Jack Hildyard. The film's sets were designed by the art director Joseph Bato.

The interiors were filmed at Shepperton Studios in London. It contains no original score, but instead features indigenous music from Sierra Leone in West Africa, where location filming took place. The film also features Denholm Elliott, Peter Finch, Gérard Oury, George Coulouris and Michael Hordern. However, Scobie's Catholic faith leaves him tormented with guilt. While she is away, he begins a love affair with Helen, played by Maria Schell. He is unhappily married to Louise, played by Elizabeth Allan. Trevor Howard plays Scobie, a senior policeman in British Sierra Leone. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. It was directed by George More O'Ferrall for London Films. Urn:oclc:813693774 Republisher_date 20120502045732 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120428175045 Scanner Heart of the Matter is a 1953 British drama film based on the 1948 book of the same name by Graham Greene. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:20:31 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA177501 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor

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