The Way to the Stars
1945 · 109 min
Drama · War · Romance
★ 6.0Life 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.
Crew
- Director Anthony Asquith
- Screenplay Terence Rattigan
- Writer Richard Sherman
- Story Anatole de Grunwald
- Story Terence Rattigan
- Director of Photography Derick Williams
Cast
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
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Nicholas Stuart
Colonel Rogers (as Tryon Nichol)
Crew
- Director — Anthony Asquith
- Screenplay — Terence Rattigan
- Writer — Richard Sherman
- Story — Anatole de Grunwald
- Story — Terence Rattigan
- Director of Photography — Derick Williams
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