PASSAGE HOME
(Rank-Group Films) ASSAGE HOME is one of those English films that begins with a good idea, is competent, well-acted and up to a point interesting-but a bit disappointing. On a cargo ship bound from South America to England in the depression years the food is bad, the crew dissatisfied, the captain unreasonably harsh; but the real complication is a passenger, @ yourig, attractive governess whom the captain decides should marry him, This tense complex of relationship is worked up convincingly through several crises. Then a storm ‘breaks and the situation is treated so conventionally that I’m afraid I began to lose interest. Fortunately, the director, Roy Baker, gets some sort of grip on his material again before the end. Peter Finch gives a satisfying depth to the terise, lonely captain, both on the voyage and years afterwards-for the story is told in flashback; and Diane Cilento, an attractive newcomer, makes a promising start as the girl. Geoffrey ‘Keen and Bryan Forbes are among a number of others who play interesting parts well.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 34, Issue 873, 27 April 1956, Page 34
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173PASSAGE HOME New Zealand Listener, Volume 34, Issue 873, 27 April 1956, Page 34
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