Films at War - Volume 2
[DVD]

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CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE Following her recruitment by the SOE, Violette Szabo volunteers to be parachuted into occupied France to re-organise a shattered resistance group. She knows only too well that the life expectancy of an undercover operative can usually be measured in weeks and months... Starring VIRGINIA McKENNA, PAUL SCOFIELD, JACK WARNER, DENISE GREY and MAURICE RONET 1957 | 1.66:1 | Black and White | Mono | English | 114 mins | Cert PG | © 1957 Keyboard Productions Limited OLD BILL AND SON Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and he decides to enlist! When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet! Starring MORLAND GRAHAM, JOHN MILLS, MARY CLARE, RENEE HOUSTON and RENE RAY 1940 | 1.33:1 | Black and White | Mono | English | 100 mins | Cert U | © 1940 Legeran Films Ltd. A TOWN LIKE ALICE Jean Paget, an English woman taken prisoner by the Japanese, is among a group of women and children forced to trek through Malaya during the Occupation. During her ordeal she meets captive Australian Joe Harman and there is an instant magnetism between them. Starring VIRGINIA McKENNA, PETER FINCH, MARIE LOHR, RENEE HOUSTON and EILEEN MOORE 1956 | 1.66:1 | Black and White | Mono | English | 111 mins | Cert PG | © 1956 The Rank Organisation Film Production Ltd THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY With the Battle of Britain at its height, a German fighter pilot is shot down over England. Though confined to a POW camp, captivity cannot deter him from the single aim of escaping back to his homeland. After several months, he sees his chance and takes it... Starring HARDY KRÜGER, COLIN GORDON, MICHAEL GOODLIFFE, TERENCE ALEXANDER and JACK GWILLIM 1957 | 1.66:1 | Black and White | Mono | English | 108 mins | Cert U | © 1957 The Rank Organisation Ltd.

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