This England (film)
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This England | |
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Directed by | David MacDonald |
Produced by | John Corfield |
Written by | A.R. Rawlinson Bridget Boland Emlyn Williams |
Starring | John Clements Constance Cummings Emlyn Williams |
Music by | Richard Addinsell Orchestration, Roy Douglas Direction, Muir Mathieson |
Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum |
Production
company |
British National Films
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Distributed by | World Pictures Corporation |
Release dates
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19 July 1941 |
Running time
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84 mins |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
This England is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by David MacDonald and starring John Clements, Constance Cummings and Emlyn Williams.[1] The film follows the small English village of Cleveley and its historic resistance against tyrannical invaders recounted by one of the inhabitants to a visiting American journalist.
Production
The film was made for propaganda purposes during the Second World War. Its title comes from a speech by John of Gaunt in the play Richard II by William Shakespeare.
Partial cast
- John Clements - John Rookeby
- Constance Cummings - Ann
- Emlyn Williams - Appleyard
- Frank Pettingell - Gage
- Roland Culver - Steward
- Morland Graham - Doctor
- Leslie French - Johnny
- Martin Walker - Seigneur
- Ronald Ward - Lord Clavely
- Hugh Wakefield - Vicar
- Esmond Knight - Vicar's son
- Amy Veness - Jenny
- Roddy McDowall - Hugo
- Dennis Wyndham - Martin
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). This England at IMDb
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Categories:
- Use dmy dates from April 2016
- Use British English from April 2016
- English-language films
- 1941 films
- British films
- Films directed by David MacDonald (director)
- 1940s drama films
- 1940s historical films
- British drama films
- British historical films
- Film scores by Richard Addinsell
- 1940s British film stubs
- British black-and-white films