Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

 Cast: Leslie Banks
Leslie Banks
, Basil Sydney
Basil Sydney
, Frank Lawton
Frank Lawton
, Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan
, Valerie Taylor
Valerie Taylor
Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

 Cast: Leslie Banks
Leslie Banks
, Basil Sydney
Basil Sydney
, Frank Lawton
Frank Lawton
, Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan
, Valerie Taylor
Valerie Taylor

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Overview

Released in the US as Forty-Eight Hours, Went the Day Well? is a solidly constructed wartime melodrama. Actually, the film covers 72 hours in the life of the small British village of Bramley Green, which serves as the focal point for an attempted German invasion. Immediately upon parachuting in the community, vicious Nazi officer Ortier (Basil Sydney) makes contact with local Fifth Columnist Oliver Wileford (Leslie Banks), using the film's British title as their password. Fortunately, Democracy is preserved when postmistress-telephone operator Mrs. Collins (Muriel George), picking up on a simple clue inadvertently left behind by the well-disguised Germans, alerts her neighbors of impending danger. The British home guardsmen and German soldiers seen in the film were drawn from the ranks of of the real-life Gloucestershire Regiment, who volunteered their services for this patriotic morale-booster. The episode screenplay of Went the Day Well (based on Graham Greene story) was unified by the direct-to-camera narration of the town gravedigger, a device deftly borrowed from Our Town.

Product Details

Release Date: 07/09/2015
UPC: 0644827112722
Original Release: 1942
Source: Reel Vault
Region Code: A
Language: English
Time: 1:32:00
Sales rank: 26,275

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Leslie Banks Oliver Wilsford
Basil Sydney Maj. Ortler
Frank Lawton Tom Sturry
Elizabeth Allan Peggy
Valerie Taylor Nora Ashton
Mervyn Johns Sims
Edward Rigby Poacher
Marie Lohr Mrs. Frazer
C.V. France Vicar
David Farrar Jung, German Officer
Muriel George Mrs. Collins
Thora Hird Land Girl
Harry Fowler George Truscott
Patricia Hayes Daisy
John Slater German Sergeant
Johnnie Schofield Joe Garbett
Grace Arnold Mrs. Owen
Norman Pierce Jim Sturry
Hilda Bayley Cousin Maud
Ellis Irving Harry Drew
Eric Micklewood Soldier
Victor Weske Axed German Soldier
William Walton Composer

Technical Credits
Michael Balcon Producer
Alberto Cavalcanti Director
Roy Kellino Special Effects
John Dighton Screenwriter
Angus MacPhail Screenwriter
Diana Morgan Screenwriter
Eric Williams Sound/Sound Designer
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