High Tide at Noon
- Betta St. John: Joanna
- William Sylvester: Alec Douglas
- Michael Craig: Nils
- Peter Arne: Robert Burton
- Patrick McGoohan: Simon Breck
- Jill Dixon: Matille Trudeau
- Susan Beaumont: Kristy
- Errol MacKinnon: Peter Grant
- George Murcell: Ash Breck
Do not look back (Original Title: High Tide at Noon ) is a British literary adaptation from director Philip Leacock from 1957 with Betta St. John, William Sylvester, Michael Craig and Flora Robson in the lead roles. The film was produced by the Rank Organisation after the novel " High Tide at Noon " by Elisabeth Ogilvie.
Action
After returning to their home, a robust but isolated lying island, near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local patriarch must belong to the large parts of the island and the small parts of it rented out to local fishermen, soon resist the favor of three bachelors - the rebel Simon Breck, the former friend Nils and the poetic assessed freshman Alec Douglas.
She starts a romance with one of the three fishermen. Soon marry the two, but the gambling addiction of her husband drives the young couple in financial ruin. It does not stop with this one misfortune, and since the local lobster stocks due to overfishing dwindle more and more and the supply of fishermen and the local population is no longer guaranteed, the inhabitants of the island of their economic hardship must look in the eye and leave the island.
Reviews
" The fortunes of a family of fishermen on a barren island of Nova Scotia. When the lobster yields less and less, tensions are growing among residents. The daughter of the family marries a fisherman who is addicted to gambling addiction and dies in an accident at sea died. Years later she returns to the island now orphaned. Boring sentimental home movie in the Canadian landscape. "
Background
The film was shown in 1957 as the official competition entry at the International Film Festival in Cannes.
Production Notes
The conductor was Muir Mathieson. The buildings created Edward Carrick. Geoffrey Rodway and Maude Onslow distinguished themselves responsible for masks and hairstyles. The costumes created Joan Ellacott and the production line was Hugh Attwooll. Locations for the film were in Northwest Cove, Nova Scotia in Canada.