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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)

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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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Production

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.

Partial cast

  • John Clements - John Rookeby
  • Constance Cummings - Ann
  • Emlyn Williams - Appleyard
  • Frank Pettingell - Gage
  • Roland Culver - Steward
  • Morland Graham - Doctor
  • Leslie French - Johnny
  • Martin Walker - Seigneur
  • Ronald Ward - Lord Clavely
  • Hugh Wakefield - Vicar
  • Esmond Knight - Vicar's son
  • Amy Veness - Jenny
  • Roddy McDowall - Hugo
  • Dennis Wyndham - Martin

    • References

    This England (film) Wikipedia
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    This England (film) IMDb This England (film) themoviedb.org


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