Windom's Way

Windom's Way is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Peter Finch and Mary Ure. Made in Eastman Color, it is set during the Malayan Emergency.

Neame said it "wasn’t a very good film."

Dr Alec Windom is a British doctor who works in a village in Malaya. He is visited by his estranged wife Lee. Alec is drawn in to a conflict between the local villagers and the white rubber plantation owner. Alec tries to keep the peace but the situation erupts into violence.

The film was based on a 1952 novel by James Ramsey Ullman, which was reportedly inspired by Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave, who was imprisoned for allegedly helping the Karen people. The novel was set in the fictitious island state of Papaan.

Ullman says he wanted to tell the story how "in between man – call him the liberal – can get caught between the rollers of fanaticism or authoritarianism on either side; the case of a man trying to do his job and be a human being among other human beings and how hard this is in the twentieth century." Ullman admitted the story of Seagrove "was somewhere in the back of my mind" when he wrote the book.

The book was a Literary Guild choice and became a best seller in the US.

The Guardian called it "sympathetic and readable."

Ullman wrote a first draft of a play based on the book.