Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall
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Film / 1944
Tawny Pipit
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
The story
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Cast
Bernard MilesColonel Barton-Barrington
Rosamund JohnHazel Broome
Niall MacGinnisJimmy Bancroft
Jean GillieNancy Forester
Lucie MannheimRussian Sniper
Christopher SteeleReverend Kingsley
Brefni O'RorkeUncle Arthur
George CarneyWhimbrel
Wylie WatsonCrasker
Lyonel WattsSilver
Scott HarroldShuttleworth
Arthur BurneHambling
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John SalewPickering
Marjorie RhodesMrs. Pickering
John RaeMcDougall
Ann WiltonMiss Pennyman
Ernest ButcherTommy Fairchild
Grey BlakeCaptain Dawson
Stuart LathamCorporal Philpotts
Johnnie SchofieldSergeant Dawkins
Ian FlemingSchoolmaster
Katie JohnsonMiss Pyman
Joan Sterndale-BennettRose
Sam WilkinsonCommissionaire
David KeirProfessor
Sydney BensonPresident of A.B.O.
Vida HopeRailway Porter (uncredited)
Gordon McLeodPhillipson (uncredited)
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