A journalist investigates a network of German fifth columnists operating in the midst of the Blitz.A journalist investigates a network of German fifth columnists operating in the midst of the Blitz.A journalist investigates a network of German fifth columnists operating in the midst of the Blitz.
Ballard Berkeley
- Injured AFS Fireman
- (uncredited)
Noel Dainton
- A.R.P. Warden
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFilm debut of George Thorpe.
- GoofsWhen George explains that Carol has left for Dover, he appears to have been badly dubbed, and is saying different words from those which are heard.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: THE NORTH OF FRANCE
MAY 1940
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From Dunkirk to the Blitz to Valerie Hobson
Richard Greene is a newspaperman covering the retreat in Northern France. When get gets back to his paper, he dictates his story and collapses. When he arises to pursue the news, a peace-at-any-cost movement, the Blitz, and novice newspaperwoman Valerie Hobson occupy his attention.
It's a pretty good battle-of-the-sexes story set amidst the darkest days of the War, and besides the leads, there are some fine performers on hand: Basil Radford as a censor who may have a little more on the ball; George Carney as a public-house owner who insists that people enter through the bombed-out door instead of the bombed-out window; and other welcome movie regulars like Roland Culver and Miles Malleson. Director Harold French gets good performances out of everyone, and if the propaganda seems laid on too thick for modern tastes, it's what was in style at the moment.
Miss Hobson's star was in the ascendant. She was married to the film's producer, Anthony Havelock-Allan. It was the fourth of nine pictures they would work on together.
It's a pretty good battle-of-the-sexes story set amidst the darkest days of the War, and besides the leads, there are some fine performers on hand: Basil Radford as a censor who may have a little more on the ball; George Carney as a public-house owner who insists that people enter through the bombed-out door instead of the bombed-out window; and other welcome movie regulars like Roland Culver and Miles Malleson. Director Harold French gets good performances out of everyone, and if the propaganda seems laid on too thick for modern tastes, it's what was in style at the moment.
Miss Hobson's star was in the ascendant. She was married to the film's producer, Anthony Havelock-Allan. It was the fourth of nine pictures they would work on together.
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- boblipton
- Oct 11, 2018
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- Also known as
- Alta Espionagem
- Filming locations
- D&P Studios, Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(studio: made at D&P Studios)
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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