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The Way to the Stars
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.
Where to watch The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video.
Cast
- Michael Redgrave as Flight Lt. David Archdale
- John Mills as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
- Rosamund John as Miss Todd
- Douglass Montgomery as Johnny Hollis
- Renée Asherson as Iris Winterton
- Stanley Holloway as Mr. Palmer
- Basil Radford as 'Tiny' Williams
- Felix Aylmer as Rev. Charles Moss
- Bonar Colleano as Joe Friselli
- Joyce Carey as Miss Winterton
- Trevor Howard as Squadron Leader Carter
- Nicholas Stuart as Colonel Rogers (as Tryon Nichol)
Details
- Director
- Anthony Asquith
- Released
- June 16, 1945
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama, War, Romance
- Studio
- Two Cities Films
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.0 / 10 from 32 votes
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