This Above All (1942)
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Writer:
R.C. Sherriff
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Tyrone Power as Clive Briggs |
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Joan Fontaine as Prudence Cathaway |
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Thomas Mitchell as "Monty" Montague |
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Henry Stephenson as General Cathaway |
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Nigel Bruce as Ramsbottom |
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Gladys Cooper as Iris Cathaway |
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Philip Merivale as Dr. Roger Cathaway |
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Sara Allgood as Waitress |
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Alexander Knox as Rector |
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Queenie Leonard as Violet Worthing |
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Melville Cooper as Wilbur |
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Jill Esmond as Nurse Emily Harvey |
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Holmes Herbert as Dr. Mathias |
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John Abbott as Joe |
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Arthur Shields as Hospital Chaplain |
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Dennis Hoey as Parsons |
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Denis Greene as Dr. Ferris |
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Miles Mander as Major |
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Harry Allen as Hubert |
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David Clyde as Clerk |
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Brenda Forbes as Mae |
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Lilyan Irene as Rosie |
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Colin Campbell as Frantic Air Raid Victim |
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Billy Bevan as Farmer |
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Herbert Clifton as Secretary |
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Andy Clyde as Fireman |
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Carol Curtis-Brown as Cathaway's Maid |
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Raymond Severn as Jackie Harvey |
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Charles Irwin as Regimental Commander |
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Virginia McDowall as Girl with Iris |
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Clyde Cook as Truck Driver |
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Jessica Newcombe as Matron |
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Alexander Pollard as Waiter |
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Stuart Robertson as Officer |
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John Rogers as Vagrant at Flop House |
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Clifford Severn as Lift Boy |
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Will Stanton as Bartender |
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Donald Stuart as Messenger |
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Cyril Thornton as Station Master |
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David Thursby as Man Assigned Bed #10 |
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Gordon Wallace as Airman |
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Rhys Williams as Sergeant |
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Alan Edmiston as Hotel Porter |
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Gerald Hamer as Hotel Porter |
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Mary Field as Hotel Maid |
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Gwendolyn Logan as Hotel Maid |
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Alec Craig as Bus Conductor |
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Harold De Becker as Train Conductor |
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Morton Lowry as Soldier in Bar |
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Eddie Hall as Soldier in Bar |
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Jack Shea as British Soldier in Bar |
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Thomas Louden as Vicar |
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Mary Forbes as Vicar's Wife |
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Wyndham Standing as Doctor |
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Mrs. Wilfrid North as Doctor's Wife |
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Leyland Hodgson as Policeman |
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Val Stanton as Policeman |
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Leonard Carey as Policeman with Rector |
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Lumsden Hare as First Headwaiter |
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Aubrey Mather as Second Headwaiter |
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Yorke Sherwood as Proprietor |
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Olaf Hytten as Proprietor |
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Forrester Harvey as Proprietor |
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Silvia Vaughan as Tea Shop Counterwoman |
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May Beatty as Tea Shop Customer |
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Anita Sharp-Bolster as Tea Shop Customer |
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Heather Thatcher as Nurse |
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Cecil Weston as Nurse |
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Stella Rae as Nurse |
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Jean Prescott as Nurse |
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Colin Kenny as WAAF Supply Officer |
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Clare Verdera as WAAF Corporal |
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Rita Page as WAAF Corporal |
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Doris Lloyd as WAAF Sergeant |
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Valerie Cole as WAAF Woman |
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Stephanie Insall as WAAF Woman |
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Dorothy Daniels de Becker as WAAF Woman |
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Joyce Wynn as WAAF Woman |
| Writing | Eric Knight | Novel |
| Directing | Anatole Litvak | Director |
| Writing | R.C. Sherriff | Screenplay |
| Art | Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gwen Wakeling | Costume Design |
| Camera | Arthur C. Miller | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Walter Thompson | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guy Pearce | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | David Buttolph | Additional Music |
| Sound | Edward B. Powell | Orchestrator |
| Production | Robert Bassler | Associate Producer |
| Production | Robert Kane | Production Manager |
| Sound | Arthur von Kirbach | Sound |
| Directing | Aaron Rosenberg | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sam Benson | Wardrobe Designer |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Music Director |
| Sound | Conrad Salinger | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
| Sound | Edmund H. Hansen | Sound Engineer |