![]() ![]() 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. The Heart of the Matter is a 1953 British drama film based on the 1948 book of the same name by Graham Greene. ![]()
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