5.0
When a soldier returns from the Far East after the war, he and his wife have to adjust to life at home.
Terry Randall
Aileen Meredith
Don Stannard
Roger Meredith
Harry Welchman
Mr. Collins
Ann Codrington
Mrs. Collins
George Merritt
Cecil Joy
Irene Handl
Mrs. Gammon
Ellis Irving
Henry Browning
Nicolette Roeg
Flora Fenton
Anthony Pendrell
Dick Fenton
Leslie Perrins
Chigwell
John Henry Allen
Estate Agent
Grace Arnold
Nurse
Davina Whitehouse
Telephonist
Melville Crawford
Bullen
Arthur Denton
Commissionaire
Jonathan Field
Brierson
Michael Gainsborough
Office Boy
Cameron Hall
The Neighbour
Hamilton Keene
Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
David Keir
Estate Agent
Olive Kirby
Office Girl
Evelyn Laye
Herself
Sandy Macpherson
Himself
Aubrey Mallalieu
Managing Director
John McHugh
Orchestral Soloist
Janet M. Morrison
Mrs. Jordan
Peter Penn
Fellowes
Albert Sandler
Leader, Palm Court Orchestra
Jack Vyvyan
Stage Door Keeper
Sylvia Welling
Herself
Hal Gordon
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Director
Geoffrey Faithfull
Musical
Harry Bidgood
Writer
David Evans
November 1, 2023
5
I suppose this scenario must have played out in quite a few households across the country after the end of WWII. “Roger” (Don Stannard) returns home to his loving wife “Aileen” (Terry Randall) and pretty much instantly struggles to settle down into his new, rather pedestrian, existence. They have very little money and he sees his wife (innocently) associating with friends like “Henry” (Ellis Irving) who can give her so much more than he can. It’s this frustration that leads him to abscond - but a chance meeting with his supposed foe might just help him get his priorities straight. It’s a very gently paced, rather contrived, story this with far too much dialogue: if she called him ‘darling’ one more time… and frankly it really struggles to sustain ninety-odd minutes. Indeed the last fifteen of those is set at a concert and luckily the fine dulcets of a Welsh choir and soloist John McHugh keep our attention while the melodrama reaches it’s all-too predicable conclusion. It was made immediately after the end of the war, when sentiment would have been very deep and perhaps that gave it an added resonance at the time. Now, though, it’s all rather weak and unremarkably performed by two stars who don’t really shine.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00