During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.
Phyllis Calvert
Freda Thompson
Flora Robson
Miss Manningford
Patricia Roc
Rosemary Brown
Renée Houston
Maud Wright
Reginald Purdell
Alec Harvey
Anne Crawford
Margaret Long
Jean Kent
Bridie Johnson
James McKechnie
Jimmy Moore
Robert Arden
Dave Kennedy
Carl Jaffe
Sergeant Hentzner
Muriel Aked
Miss Meredith
Kathleen Boutall
Mrs. Hadfield
Hilda Campbell-Russell
Mrs. Hope Latimer
Christina Forbes
Frau Holweg
Thora Hird
Mrs. Burtshaw
Dulcie Gray
Nellie Skinner
Joan Ingram
Mrs. Tatmarsh
Betty Jardine
Teresa 'King' Resinger
Christiane De Maurin
Annette
Guy Le Feuvre
Monsieur Boper
Paul Sheridan
French Officer
Director, Screenplay
Frank Launder
June 30, 2022
7
This has a really good cast - Flora Robson, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent, Patricia Roc and Renee Houston who deliver strong dramatic characterisations as women in an WWII internment camp who try their best to help repatriate British airmen - from right under the noses of their Nazi suzerains. What makes this stand out from many of the more intense contemporaries of wartime stoicism and bravery is that this is quite a cheery film. Not laugh out loud, but the women do have some comedic lines that serve well to keep this film entertaining as well as illustrative of their efforts at a time when the slightest slip up could get them all lined up against a wall. It was produced towards the end of the war and so, as you'd expect, has a certain propagandist element to it - but that is considerably more subtle, perhaps because in real life the tide had begun to turn in the Allies' favour and there was some light on the sunlit uplands. Flora Robson carried light-hearted roles well and she anchors this well. Rarely seen these days, but if you come across it then give it a go.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00