• Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Adventure Drama
• Director: Ken Hughes
• Main Cast: Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen, Gene Anderson, Peter Reynolds
• Release Year: 1957
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 88 minutes

Plot

One of several British melodramas picked up for American distribution by Columbia in the late 1950s, The Long Haul stars Victor Mature and Diana Dors, two of the prettiest and most amply endowned screen personalities of the era. Mature is cast as American ex-GI Harry Miller, who takes a job as a truck driver to support his British war bride Connie (Gene Anderson). It isn't long, however, before Harry is blackmailed into joining a smuggling operation run by the conniving Casey (Liam Redmond). His resolved momentarily weakened by his obsession with gang moll Lynn (Diana Dors), Harry finally decides to turn honest again--if the other crooks will let him live that long. Director Ken Hughes adapted the screenplay from a novel by Mervyn Mills. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Victor Mature - Harry Miller
• Diana Dors - Lynn
• Patrick Allen - Joe Easy
• Gene Anderson - Connie Miller
• Peter Reynolds - Frank

Liam Redmond - Casey; Michael Wade - Butch Miller; Dervis Ward - Mutt; Murray Kash - Jeff; Jameson Clark - MacNaughton; John Harvey - Supt. Macrea; Roland Brand - Army Sergeant; Stanley Rose - Foreman; Raymond Barry - Depot Manager; Madge Brindley - Fat Woman; Wensley Pithey; Norman Rossington - Young Liverpool Driver; Ewen Solon; John Welsh - The Doctor; G.M. Anderson; Meier Tzelniker - Nat Fine; Freddie Watts; Van Boolen; Harcourt Curacao

Credit

Trevor Duncan - Composer (Music Score); Basil Emmott - Cinematographer; John Hoesli - Art Director; Ken Hughes - Director; Ken Hughes - Screenwriter; Ray Poulton - Editor; Mexwell Seton - Producer; Richard Taylor - Musical Direction/Supervision; Mervyn Mills - Book Author