Film Preview – Bognor Regis Observer – Friday, 08 January 1954

PAVILION, SELSEY. "HUNTED " is one of the greatest dramas Britain had produced since the war. The story concerns a six-year-old orphan boy called Robbie who accidentally sets fire to his foster-parents' living rooms. He runs away and seeks the refuge of a riverside warehouse. In the warehouse, a murder has just been committed. and Robbie sees the body. Frightened that the boy will given him away, the murderer, portrayed by Dirk Bogarde, decides to take the boy along with him on his desperate flight from the police. In "APACHE DRUMS," the infamous tribe of Indians besiege the Mexican town of Spanish Boot. The epic story of the battle of Tobruk is told in "THE DESERT RATS." This film excels in the realism of its battle scenes. Although there is plenty of action including a commando raid on Rommel's supply lines --- there is a fair amount of humour. Richard Burton portrays Captain MacRoberts who is put in charge of a group of Australian soldiers. It is a long time before he wins their affection as well as their respect. James Mason enacts Rommel.