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12/05/1942 Drama, Romance, War 1h 50m
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He's lost his belief in everything but love.

Overview

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.

  1. Anatole Litvak

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Tyrone Power

    Clive Briggs

  2. Joan Fontaine

    Prudence Cathaway

  3. Thomas Mitchell

    "Monty" Montague

  4. Henry Stephenson

    General Cathaway

  5. Nigel Bruce

    Ramsbottom

  6. Gladys Cooper

    Iris Cathaway

  7. Philip Merivale

    Dr. Roger Cathaway

  8. Sara Allgood

    Waitress

  9. Alexander Knox

    Rector

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-26
A really strong ensemble cast get together for this wartime drama that sees the posh "Prudence" (Joan Fontaine) sign up to join the Women's Auxiliary Army Force - much to the chagrin of her old-soldier father Henry Stephenson. Not long into her new career, her pals set her up on a date with the handsome "Briggs" (Tyrone Power) and she is soon smitten. Snag is, her new beau has a bit of a secret and that could send both of their lives into a turmoil. Fontaine and Power have chemistry, both deliver well and although there is maybe just a shade too much pontificating from the young woman, this ma...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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