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26/07/1943 War, Drama, Romance, Comedy 2h 43m
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An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.

Overview

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

  1. Michael Powell

    Writer, Director

  2. Emeric Pressburger

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Roger Livesey

    Major General Clive Wynne-Candy

  2. Deborah Kerr

    Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

  3. Anton Walbrook

    Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff

  4. Roland Culver

    Col. Betteridge

  5. James McKechnie

    Spud Wilson

  6. Arthur Wontner

    Embassy Counsellor

  7. David Hutcheson

    Hoppy

  8. Ursula Jeans

    Frau von Kalteneck

  9. John Laurie

    Murdoch

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-11-01
Roger Livesey is superb in this wonderfully colourful depiction of the life of "Clive Candy". We start with his rather undignified seizure at the steam baths by the home guard he is supposed to command and by way of a continuous retrospective, discover just how this man arrived at this embarrassing predicament. First there was the South African campaign, then the Great War saw him gain some prominence and also, after quite a few scrapes, sees him befriend his opposite number, as it were, in the form of the dashing German "Theo" (a beautifully understated contribution from Anton Walbrook). Beco...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$275,472.00

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