Background (1953)
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Synopsis of Background
Background is a tearful flashback drama centering around a dysfunctional family. Valerie Hobson and Philip Friend play a long-married couple on the verge of divorce. As they ponder the question of who will receive custody of their children (Janette Scott, Mandy Miller and Jeremy Spencer), the couple has second thoughts about their upcoming litigation. It is the children who eventually bring Hobson and Friend back together, though the reunion seems strangely without passion. Background was released in the US as Edge of Divorce. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Background
- Valerie Hobson - Barbie Lomax
- Phillip Friend - John Lomax
- Janette Scott - Jess Lomax
- Lily Kann - Brownie
- Richard Wattis - David Wallace
- Louise Hampton - Miss Russell
- Ernest Butcher - Clerk
- Brian Harding - Arthur Meade
- Barbara Hicks
- Rick Hart - Host (1959-60)
- Norman Wooland - Bill Ogden
- Mandy Miller - Linda Lomax
- Helen Shingler - Mary Wallace
- Thora Hird - Mrs. Humphries
- Jack Melford - Mackay
- Joss Ambler - Judge
- Jeremy Spenser - Adrian Lomax
- Lloyd Lamble - Defense Counsel
- Director(s):
- Daniel Birt
- Writer(s):
- Warren Chetham Strode, Don Sharp
- Producer(s):
- Herbert Mason, Cliff Sodway
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