Michael Redgrave plays a politician who sells out all his ideals in this thinly disguised portrait of Ramsey MacDonald. Script adapt . Humphrey Jennings' last film was commissioned for the Festival of Britain and is an optimistic look at the contribution Britain made over the previous 100 years. Poor old Phyllis Calvert is the Victorian bastard suffering at the hands of evil James Mason and awaiting rescue from a fate worse than death by Stewart Granger. One of the best Gainsborough melodramas and a big smash hit of its day.
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Doreen Montgomery, Aimee Stuart. Widower James Thomas has a few disastrous attempts to find a new wife before he realises his housekeeper, Lillian Hall-Davis, is the woman for him. A rare attempt at a comedy by Hitchcock is blessed by some good performances, particularly from Gordon Harker. Script adapt . The story of five women as they train to be nurses.