
“Thrills in the sky ! and romance below ...”
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
Release Date: 6/16/1945
Runtime: 109 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Anthony Asquith
00Companies: Two Cities Films
Countries: United Kingdom
Miss Todd

Michael Redgrave
Flight Lt. David Archdale

John Mills
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

Rosamund John
Miss Todd

Douglass Montgomery
Johnny Hollis

Renée Asherson
Iris Winterton

Stanley Holloway
Mr. Palmer

Basil Radford
'Tiny' Williams

Felix Aylmer
Rev. Charles Moss

Bonar Colleano
Joe Friselli

Joyce Carey
Miss Winterton

Trevor Howard
Squadron Leader Carter
Nicholas Stuart
Colonel Rogers (as Tryon Nichol)
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