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The Birthday Present DVD

Celebrating Sylvia Syms OBE

No of discs: 1. B&W. Year: 1957.  Drama.Running Time: approx 96 mins.

Director: Pat Jackson. Stars: Tony Britton & Sylvia Syms. 

This BAFTA-nominated drama follows a man who is caught trying to smuggle a wristwatch, (bought for his wife’s birthday), through Customs. Receiving a three-month sentence, he loses his job and finds it difficult to get another with a criminal record. Sylvia Syms gives a sympathetic performance as the young wife, who is honest with her husband’s boss.