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Director: | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
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Writer: | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
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Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever. | |
Release Date: | Nov 16, 1945 |
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Director: | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
Writer: | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Keywords | scotland, island, castle, whirlpool, bagpipe, hebrides, scotland, laird |
Production Companies | The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation |
Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Wendy Hiller | Joan Webster |
Roger Livesey | Torquil MacNeil |
Pamela Brown | Catriona |
Finlay Currie | Ruairidh Mhór |
George Carney | Mr. Webster |
Nancy Price | Mrs. Crozier |
Catherine Lacey | Mrs. Robinson |
Jean Cadell | Postmistress |
John Laurie | John Campbell |
Valentine Dyall | Mr. Robinson |
Norman Shelley | Sir Robert Bellinger |
Margot Fitzsimons | Bridie |
Murdo Morrison | Kenny |
Walter Hudd | Hunter |
Petula Clark | Cheril |
Anthony Eustrel | Hooper |
Alec Faversham | Martin |
Arthur Chesney | Harmonica Player |
Duncan MacKechnie | Capt. 'Lochinvar' |
Ian Sadler | Iain |
C.W.R. Knight | Col. Barnstaple |
Donald Strachan | Shepherd |
John Rae | Old Shepherd |
Duncan McIntyre | His Son |
Ivy Milton | Peigi |
Herbert Lomas | Mr. Campbell |
Kitty Kirwan | Mrs. Campbell |
Graham Moffatt | R.A.F. Sergeant |
Boyd Steven | Singer in the Ceilidh |
Maxwell Kennedy | Singer in the Ceilidh |
Jean Houston | Singer in the Ceilidh |
Mr. Ramshaw | Torquil - the Eagle |
Name | Job |
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Elliot Scott | Draughtsman |
Fred Ryan | Boom Operator |
Michael Powell | Writer, Director |
Emeric Pressburger | Writer, Director |
John Seabourne Sr. | Editor |
Allan Gray | Original Music Composer |
Vivienne Knight | Publicist |
Paddy Arnold | Continuity |
Robert Farnon | Music Arranger |
Walter Goehr | Conductor |
Jim Pople | Assistant Editor |
Max Rosher | Still Photographer |
Fred Daniels | Still Photographer |
Jim Body | Focus Puller |
Eric Besche | Focus Puller |
Cecil Cooney | Camera Operator |
W. Percy Day | Matte Painter |
George Blackwell | Special Effects |
Henry Harris | Special Effects |
Gordon K. McCallum | Sound |
T. Bagley | Sound |
C. C. Stevens | Sound Recordist |
Alfred Roberts | Scenic Artist |
Ward Richards | Assistant Art Director |
William Kellner | Draughtsman |
Harold Hurdell | Draughtsman |
Parry Jones Jr. | Third Assistant Director |
Bill Herlihy | Second Assistant Director |
John Tunstall | Assistant Director |
Alfred Junge | Art Direction, Production Design |
Adele Raymond | Casting |
Pat MacDonnell | Casting |
George R. Busby | Producer's Assistant |
Erwin Hillier | Director of Photography |
Sidney Hayers | Assistant Editor |
Name | Title |
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Michael Powell | Producer |
Emeric Pressburger | Producer |
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This is a cracking outing for Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey. The former is a young Englishwoman who gets engaged to an older, much wealthier businessman who invites her to join him on a remote Hebridean island. She arrives at an adjacent island, but is hemmed in by bad gales and so has to remain. D ... uring her enforced stay, she begins to socialise with the locals - including Livesey (the wonderfully Scottish "Torquil MacNeill") and despite herself she begins to fall for him and panic ensues. Powell & Pressburger have created a gentle, engaging romantic adventure film; well written with some great characters (John Laurie & Finlay Currie amongst them) that - along with the terrible weather - elicit a genuine feeling of the remoteness of these Scottish Islands and of the hospitality and canniness of their people. Peppered with humour and with a nail-biting ending, this is a super watch; one of their better films in my book.