The Heart Within is a 1957 British drama film directed by David Eady and starring James Hayter, Clifford Evans and David Hemmings. Its plot involves a Jamaican dockside worker who goes on the run in London suspected of the murder of another Jamaican.
Cast
James Hayter - Grandfather Willard
Clifford Evans - Matthew Johnson
David Hemmings - Danny Willard
Earl Cameron - Victor Conway
Dan Jackson - Joe Martell
Jack Stewart - Inspector Matheson
Betty Cooper - Miss Trevor
Gloria Ann Simpson - Violet
Frank Singuineau - Bobo
Pauline Henriques - Ella
Janice Hughes - Dilli
Denton De Gray - Gow
Wally Thomas - Sergeant
Glynn Edwards - 1st Constable
Ivor Salter - 2nd Constable
Frank Pettitt - 3rd Constable
'The Kings of the Caribbean' steel band - Musicians
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote "With some good camerawork, a London docks setting, and cautious but not unenterprising use of its West Indian characters, this film has a more convincing air than most thrillers of its type. Unfortunately, the effect is somewhat handicapped by an over-melodramatic and stereotyped climax and by some indifferent playing. Earl Cameron and David Hemmings play agreeably, though, as the West Indian and the cockney boy who befriends him. Background music is effectively provided by a West Indian steel band." TV Guide wrote "Well-acted presentation of a man accused of murder because of the color of his skin...Intriguing effort given power mainly through the handling of the theme of prejudice."