
The Way to the Stars (1945)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 2.778 |
Directed By
Anthony Asquith
Crew
Anatole de Grunwald
Terence Rattigan
Terence Rattigan
Anthony Asquith
Richard Sherman
Nicholas Brodszky
Charles Williams
Derick Williams
Anatole de Grunwald
Fergus McDonell
Anthony Hearne
TOP CAST

Michael Redgrave
Flight Lt. David Archdale

John Mills
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

Rosamund John
Miss Todd

Douglass Montgomery
Johnny Hollis

Renée Asherson
Iris Winterton

Stanley Holloway
Mr. Palmer

Basil Radford
'Tiny' Williams

Felix Aylmer
Rev. Charles Moss

Bonar Colleano
Joe Friselli

Joyce Carey
Miss Winterton

Trevor Howard
Squadron Leader Carter
Nicholas Stuart
Colonel Rogers (as Tryon Nichol)

Bill Owen
Sgt. 'Nobby' Clarke
Grant Miller
Wally Becker

Jean Simmons
A Singer

Johnnie Schofield
Jones

Charles Victor
Corporal Fitter

David Tomlinson
'Prune' Parsons

Hartley Power
Colonel Page

Vida Hope
Elsie
Hugh Dempster
'Tinker' Bell

Charles Farrell
American Orderly

Anthony Dawson
Bertie Steen
Bill Logan
Radio Operator
John Howard
Shelter Officer

Murray Matheson
Joe Lawson

John McLaren
'Cheerio' Chester

Jacqueline Clarke
Waitress

Alf Goddard
PT Instructor
Caven Watson
RAF Corporal
Sydney Benson
Fred
Peter Cotes
Aircraftsman
Ann Wilton
Schoolmistress