- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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4 out of 5
This well-judged Second World War drama concerns the stiff-upper-lipped activities of an RAF squadron, and its members' relationships with their loved ones and the flashy flyboys who have recently arrived from America. The first joint project of what became the regular team of director Anthony Asquith, producer Anatole de Grunwald and writer Terence Rattigan perfectly captures the spirit of Britain at a time when loss was perhaps even more agonising, simply because victory was so close at hand. Michael Redgrave and Rosamund John are straight out of the Noël Coward school of British bourgeoisie, but John Mills and Renée Asherson are closer to reality as the couple dallying over a wartime wedding.
Plot Summary
Second World War drama starring Michael Redgrave and John Mills. Peter Penrose, a young pilot who has just finished training, arrives at an RAF bomber station in 1940 to face both happiness and tragedy in the uncertain days ahead.
Cast and crew
Cast
- David Archdale
- Michael Redgrave
- Peter Penrose
- John Mills
- Miss Toddy Todd
- Rosamund John
- Johnny Hollis
- Douglass Montgomery
- Mr Palmer
- Stanley Holloway
- Squadron Leader Carter
- Trevor Howard
- Iris Winterton
- Renée Asherson
- Rev Charles Moss
- Felix Aylmer
- Tiny Williams
- Basil Radford
- Joe Friselli
- Bonar Colleano
- Miss Winterton
- Joyce Carey
- Singer
- Jean Simmons
- Nobby Clarke
- Bill Owen
- Wally Becker
- Nicholas Stuart
- Pilot Officer Prune Parsons
- David Tomlinson
- Jones
- Johnnie Schofield
- Fitter
- Charles Victor
- Colonel Page
- Hartley Power
- Elsie, waitress
- Vida Hope
- Aircraftsman
- Peter Cotes
- Bertie Steen
- Anthony Dawson
- Tinker Bell
- Hugh Dempster
- Sergeant
- Alf Goddard
- American airman
- Tryon Nichol
- Wally
- Grant Miller
Crew
- Director
- Anthony Asquith
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