This Above All
He's lost his belief in everything but love.
1942 | 110m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Anatole Litvak |
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| Writer: | Eric Knight, R.C. Sherriff |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 12, 1942 |
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| Director: | Anatole Litvak |
| Writer: | Eric Knight, R.C. Sherriff |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, War |
| Keywords | blind date, awol |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tyrone Power | Clive Briggs |
| Joan Fontaine | Prudence Cathaway |
| Thomas Mitchell | "Monty" Montague |
| Henry Stephenson | General Cathaway |
| Nigel Bruce | Ramsbottom |
| Gladys Cooper | Iris Cathaway |
| Philip Merivale | Dr. Roger Cathaway |
| Sara Allgood | Waitress |
| Alexander Knox | Rector |
| Queenie Leonard | Violet Worthing |
| Melville Cooper | Wilbur |
| Jill Esmond | Nurse Emily Harvey |
| Holmes Herbert | Dr. Mathias |
| John Abbott | Joe |
| Arthur Shields | Hospital Chaplain |
| Dennis Hoey | Parsons |
| Denis Greene | Dr. Ferris |
| Miles Mander | Major |
| Harry Allen | Hubert |
| David Clyde | Clerk |
| Brenda Forbes | Mae |
| Lilyan Irene | Rosie |
| Colin Campbell | Frantic Air Raid Victim |
| Billy Bevan | Farmer |
| Herbert Clifton | Secretary |
| Andy Clyde | Fireman |
| Carol Curtis-Brown | Cathaway's Maid |
| Raymond Severn | Jackie Harvey |
| Charles Irwin | Regimental Commander |
| Virginia McDowall | Girl with Iris |
| Clyde Cook | Truck Driver |
| Jessica Newcombe | Matron |
| Alexander Pollard | Waiter |
| Stuart Robertson | Officer |
| John Rogers | Vagrant at Flop House |
| Clifford Severn | Lift Boy |
| Will Stanton | Bartender |
| Donald Stuart | Messenger |
| Cyril Thornton | Station Master |
| David Thursby | Man Assigned Bed #10 |
| Gordon Wallace | Airman |
| Rhys Williams | Sergeant |
| Alan Edmiston | Hotel Porter |
| Gerald Hamer | Hotel Porter |
| Mary Field | Hotel Maid |
| Gwendolyn Logan | Hotel Maid |
| Alec Craig | Bus Conductor |
| Harold De Becker | Train Conductor |
| Morton Lowry | Soldier in Bar |
| Eddie Hall | Soldier in Bar |
| Jack Shea | British Soldier in Bar |
| Thomas Louden | Vicar |
| Mary Forbes | Vicar's Wife |
| Wyndham Standing | Doctor |
| Mrs. Wilfrid North | Doctor's Wife |
| Leyland Hodgson | Policeman |
| Val Stanton | Policeman |
| Leonard Carey | Policeman with Rector |
| Lumsden Hare | First Headwaiter |
| Aubrey Mather | Second Headwaiter |
| Yorke Sherwood | Proprietor |
| Olaf Hytten | Proprietor |
| Forrester Harvey | Proprietor |
| Silvia Vaughan | Tea Shop Counterwoman |
| May Beatty | Tea Shop Customer |
| Anita Sharp-Bolster | Tea Shop Customer |
| Heather Thatcher | Nurse |
| Cecil Weston | Nurse |
| Stella Rae | Nurse |
| Jean Prescott | Nurse |
| Colin Kenny | WAAF Supply Officer |
| Clare Verdera | WAAF Corporal |
| Rita Page | WAAF Corporal |
| Doris Lloyd | WAAF Sergeant |
| Valerie Cole | WAAF Woman |
| Stephanie Insall | WAAF Woman |
| Dorothy Daniels de Becker | WAAF Woman |
| Joyce Wynn | WAAF Woman |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Anatole Litvak | Director |
| Alfred Newman | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| Eric Knight | Novel |
| R.C. Sherriff | Screenplay |
| Arthur C. Miller | Director of Photography |
| Walter Thompson | Editor |
| Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Gwen Wakeling | Costume Design |
| Guy Pearce | Makeup Artist |
| Robert Kane | Production Manager |
| Aaron Rosenberg | Assistant Director |
| Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
| Arthur von Kirbach | Sound |
| Sam Benson | Wardrobe Designer |
| David Buttolph | Additional Music |
| Edward B. Powell | Orchestrator |
| Conrad Salinger | Orchestrator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Robert Bassler | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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A really strong ensemble cast get together for this wartime drama that sees the posh "Prudence" (Joan Fontaine) sign up to join the Women's Auxiliary Army Force - much to the chagrin of her old-soldier father Henry Stephenson. Not long into her new career, her pals set her up on a date with the hand ... some "Briggs" (Tyrone Power) and she is soon smitten. Snag is, her new beau has a bit of a secret and that could send both of their lives into a turmoil. Fontaine and Power have chemistry, both deliver well and although there is maybe just a shade too much pontificating from the young woman, this makes for an enjoyable, if maybe just a bit far-fetched, wartime romance with a hint of the peril faced by those in London during the blitz. With Thomas Mitchell, Nigel Bruce and Melville Cooper amongst the solid and engaging support team, Anatole Litvak presents us with an enjoyable, artistically very good looking film that's well worth a watch.