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Director: | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder |
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Writer: | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder |
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When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman. | |
Release Date: | Jun 01, 1943 |
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Director: | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder |
Writer: | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder |
Genres: | Drama, Romance, War |
Keywords | factory, wartime |
Production Companies | Gainsborough Pictures, J. Arthur Rank Organisation |
Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Patricia Roc | Celia Crowson |
Gordon Jackson | Fred Blake |
Anne Crawford | Jennifer Knowles |
Moore Marriott | Jim Crowson |
Basil Radford | Charters |
Megs Jenkins | Gwen Price |
Eric Portman | Charlie Forbes |
Joy Shelton | Phyllis Crowson |
Naunton Wayne | Caldicott |
Terry Randall | Annie |
Amy Veness | Mrs. Blythe |
Brenda Bruce | Brenda |
Irene Handl | Landlady |
John Boxer | Tom |
Valentine Dunn | Elsie |
John Salew | The Doctor |
Beatrice Varley | Miss Wells |
Bertha Willmott | The Singer |
Grace Allardyce | Mrs. Hammond |
Albert Chevalier | Roof Spotter |
Clifford Cobbe | Heavy Rescue |
Hugh Cross | Man at Dance Hall |
Amy Dalby | Mrs. Bourne - Hostel Matron |
Hilda Davies | Miss Hodge |
Arthur Denton | Alf - Soldier Polishing Floor |
Paul Drake | Handsome Young Man |
Gordon Edwards | Wing Commander |
Jonathan Field | Ugly Youth |
Angela Fouldes | Megs |
Hal Gordon | M.C at Dance |
Alan Haines | |
George Hirste | |
Courtney Luck | Polish Officer |
Jack May | Old Man |
Stan Paskin | Warrant Officer |
Terence Rhodes | Jonnie |
Johnnie Schofield | George,The Crowson's Next Door Neighbour |
Avis Scott | Alice |
John Slater | Alec - Man at Dance Hall |
Barry Steele | Percy Hoskins |
Tommy Trinder | Station Announcer |
Jack Vyvyan | Sam - Soldier Peeling Potatoes |
Frank Webster | Roof Spotter |
John Wynn | Squadron Leader |
Name | Job |
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Sidney Gilliat | Director, Screenplay |
R. E. Dearing | Editor |
Roy Fogwell | Director of Photography |
Jack E. Cox | Director of Photography |
Frank Launder | Director, Screenplay |
John Bryan | Art Direction |
Name | Title |
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Edward Black | Producer |
Maurice Ostrer | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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2024 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
2024 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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2025 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
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2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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This is a super little compendium of stories that celebrates the roles performed by women in Britain during WWII. Patricia Roc is "Celia" who is called up to help out - ending up in an aircraft factory making a vital, but somewhat unglamorous, contribution to the war effort. It's here that she makes ... lots of new friends and starts courting with young airman "Fred Blake" (Gordon Jackson). As a production, it's a bit ropey - plenty of balsa wood model sets etc. but it was made in 1943 so just about everything was at a premium in Britain then, so taken in context this is largely forgivable. Messrs. Gilliat & Launder direct this story of humanity and determination with aplomb (OK, maybe not with much style) and we do get a sense of the terror lived through by the families and soldiers alike during this most hideous of times. Eric Portman, and the rather dryly witty pairing of Basil Bradford and Naunton Wayne add a little diversion to the gloom as they plant land mines on a beach somewhere as if preparing for a game of cricket.