The Small Voice


The Small Voice is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Fergus McDonell and starring Valerie Hobson, James Donald and Howard Keel. It is about an escaped convict who takes a married couple hostage. The film is part of a group of British film noir produced around this time.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. It was the film debut of Howard Keel who made it while appearing in the original London production of Oklahoma!
The film received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Film in 1949.

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wrote in The Spectator in 1948, "all this is admirably done, and eventually provides melodrama of an order as English and as excellent as muffins"; while TV Guide concluded that "the tension is sustained throughout, with some interesting plot twists along the way."