This England (film)
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Director David MacDonald Duration Country United Kingdom | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama, History, Romance Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Writer A.R. Rawlinson , Bridget Boland , Emlyn Williams Release date 19 July 1941 (1941-07-19) Initial release July 21, 1941 (United Kingdom) Music director Richard Addinsell, Roy Douglas, Muir Mathieson Screenplay Emlyn Williams, Bridget Boland, A. R. Rawlinson Cast Emlyn Williams (Appleyard), John Clements (John Rookeby), Constance Cummings (Ann), Frank Pettingell (Gage), Esmond Knight (Vicar's Son), Roland Culver (Steward)Similar movies They Came to a City (1944) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This England is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by David MacDonald and starring John Clements, Constance Cummings and Emlyn Williams. The film follows the small English village of Cleveley and its historic resistance against tyrannical invaders recounted by one of the inhabitants to a visiting American journalist.
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The film was made for propaganda purposes during the Second World War. Its title comes from a speech by John of Gaunt in the play Richard II by William Shakespeare.
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