Waterloo Road (movie)

Waterloo Road is a 1945 British movie directed by Sidney Gilliat. It stars John Mills, Stewart Granger, and Alastair Sim. It is based on the Waterloo area of South London. The British Film Institute database says it is the third  "unofficial trilogy" by Gilliat, preceded by Millions Like Us (1943) and Two Thousand Women (1944).

Premise
A soldier called Jim Colter (played by John Mills) goes absence without leave (AWOL) to return to his home in south London to save his wife from Ted Purvis (Granger), a philandering conscription-dodger.

Cast
 John Mills as Jim Colter
 Stewart Granger as Ted Purvis
 Alastair Sim as Dr. Montgomery
 Joy Shelton as Tillie Colter
 Alison Leggatt as Ruby
 Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Colter
 George Carney as Tom Mason
 Leslie Bradley as Mike Duggan
 Jean Kent as Toni
 Ben Williams as Corporal Lewis
 Anna Konstam as May
 Vera Frances as Vera Colter
 George Merritt as Air Raid Warden
 Ian Fleming as Officer at Station
 Wylie Watson as Tattooist
 John Boxer as Policeman at the Fight in Arcade
 Frank Atkinson as Pub Barman

 Related pages 
 Waterloo Road
 Waterloo Bridge
 The Cut

References

 Other websites 

 Waterloo Road at BFI Screenonline
Review of film at Variety
Review in Time Out
Review in The New York Times
MovieMall DVD information

Category:1945 drama movies
Category:Black-and-white movies
Category:British drama movies
Category:Movies set in London
Category:World War II movies
Category:English-language movies