The Way to the Stars
Thrills in the sky ! and romance below ...
1945 | 109m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Anthony Asquith |
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| Writer: | Terence Rattigan, Anatole de Grunwald, Richard Sherman |
| Staring: |
| Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 16, 1945 |
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| Director: | Anthony Asquith |
| Writer: | Terence Rattigan, Anatole de Grunwald, Richard Sherman |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, War |
| Keywords | world war ii, pilot, yorkshire, squadron, air force base, battle of britain, royal air force, raf, bomber command |
| Production Companies | Two Cities Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Michael Redgrave | Flight Lt. David Archdale |
| John Mills | Pilot Officer Peter Penrose |
| Rosamund John | Miss Todd |
| Douglass Montgomery | Johnny Hollis |
| Renée Asherson | Iris Winterton |
| Stanley Holloway | Mr. Palmer |
| Basil Radford | 'Tiny' Williams |
| Felix Aylmer | Rev. Charles Moss |
| Bonar Colleano | Joe Friselli |
| Joyce Carey | Miss Winterton |
| Trevor Howard | Squadron Leader Carter |
| Nicholas Stuart | Colonel Rogers (as Tryon Nichol) |
| Bill Owen | Sgt. 'Nobby' Clarke |
| Grant Miller | Wally Becker |
| Jean Simmons | A Singer |
| Johnnie Schofield | Jones |
| Charles Victor | Corporal Fitter |
| David Tomlinson | 'Prune' Parsons |
| Hartley Power | Colonel Page |
| Vida Hope | Elsie |
| Hugh Dempster | 'Tinker' Bell |
| Charles Farrell | American Orderly |
| Anthony Dawson | Bertie Steen |
| Bill Logan | Radio Operator |
| John Howard | Shelter Officer |
| Murray Matheson | Joe Lawson |
| John McLaren | 'Cheerio' Chester |
| Jacqueline Clarke | Waitress |
| Alf Goddard | PT Instructor |
| Caven Watson | RAF Corporal |
| Sydney Benson | Fred |
| Peter Cotes | Aircraftsman |
| Ann Wilton | Schoolmistress |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Anthony Asquith | Director |
| Terence Rattigan | Screenplay, Story |
| Anatole de Grunwald | Story |
| Anthony Hearne | Second Assistant Director |
| Richard Sherman | Writer |
| Nicholas Brodszky | Music |
| Charles Williams | Music |
| Derick Williams | Director of Photography |
| Fergus McDonell | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Anatole de Grunwald | Producer |
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