Gone with the Wind
1939 · Drama · War
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Film / 1942
This Above All
Directed by
Anatole Litvak
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Tyrone PowerClive Briggs
Joan FontainePrudence Cathaway
Thomas Mitchell"Monty" Montague
Henry StephensonGeneral Cathaway
Nigel BruceRamsbottom
Gladys CooperIris Cathaway
Philip MerivaleDr. Roger Cathaway
Sara AllgoodWaitress
Alexander KnoxRector
Queenie LeonardViolet Worthing
Melville CooperWilbur
Jill EsmondNurse Emily Harvey
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Holmes HerbertDr. Mathias
John AbbottJoe
Arthur ShieldsHospital Chaplain
Dennis HoeyParsons
Denis GreeneDr. Ferris
Miles ManderMajor
Harry AllenHubert
David ClydeClerk
Brenda ForbesMae
Lilyan IreneRosie
Colin CampbellFrantic Air Raid Victim
Billy BevanFarmer
Herbert CliftonSecretary
Andy ClydeFireman
Carol Curtis-BrownCathaway's Maid
Raymond SevernJackie Harvey
Charles IrwinRegimental Commander
Virginia McDowallGirl with Iris
Clyde CookTruck Driver
Jessica NewcombeMatron
Alexander PollardWaiter
Stuart RobertsonOfficer
John RogersVagrant at Flop House
Clifford SevernLift Boy
Will StantonBartender
Donald StuartMessenger
Cyril ThorntonStation Master
David ThursbyMan Assigned Bed #10
Gordon WallaceAirman
Rhys WilliamsSergeant
Alan EdmistonHotel Porter
Gerald HamerHotel Porter
Mary FieldHotel Maid
Gwendolyn LoganHotel Maid
Alec CraigBus Conductor
Harold De BeckerTrain Conductor
Morton LowrySoldier in Bar
Eddie HallSoldier in Bar
Jack SheaBritish Soldier in Bar
Thomas LoudenVicar
Mary ForbesVicar's Wife
Wyndham StandingDoctor
Mrs. Wilfrid NorthDoctor's Wife
Leyland HodgsonPoliceman
Val StantonPoliceman (uncredited)
Leonard CareyPoliceman with Rector
Lumsden HareFirst Headwaiter
Aubrey MatherSecond Headwaiter
Yorke SherwoodProprietor
Olaf HyttenProprietor
Forrester HarveyProprietor
Silvia VaughanTea Shop Counterwoman
May BeattyTea Shop Customer
Anita Sharp-BolsterTea Shop Customer
Heather ThatcherNurse
Cecil WestonNurse
Stella RaeNurse
Jean PrescottNurse
Colin KennyWAAF Supply Officer
Clare VerderaWAAF Corporal
Rita PageWAAF Corporal
Doris LloydWAAF Sergeant
Valerie ColeWAAF Woman
Stephanie InsallWAAF Woman
Dorothy Daniels de BeckerWAAF Woman
Joyce WynnWAAF Woman
Ernie StantonPoliceman (uncredited)
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