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About
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
Theatrical
Nov 15, 1945
Director
Writers
Producer
Studio
Two Cities Films
Cast
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Michael Redgrave
Flight Lt. David Archdale
J
John Mills
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
R
Rosamund John
Miss Todd
D
Douglass Montgomery
Johnny Hollis
R
Renée Asherson
Iris Winterton
S
Stanley Holloway
Mr. Palmer
B
Basil Radford
'Tiny' Williams
F
Felix Aylmer
Rev. Charles Moss
B
Bonar Colleano
Joe Friselli
J
Joyce Carey
Miss Winterton
T
Trevor Howard
Squadron Leader Carter
N
Nicholas Stuart
Colonel Rogers
B
Bill Owen
Sgt. 'Nobby' Clarke
J
Jean Simmons
A Singer
J
Johnnie Schofield
Jones
C
Charles Victor
Corporal Fitter
D
David Tomlinson
'Prune' Parsons
H
Hartley Power
Colonel Page
V
Vida Hope
Elsie
H
Hugh Dempster
'Tinker' Bell
