Film

The Way to the Stars

1945 · 1h 49m · Drama · War · Romance

Thrills in the sky ! and romance below ...

IMDb

7.3

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.

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

• Anthony AsquithDirector
• Terence RattiganScreenplay · Story
• Richard ShermanWriter
• Anatole de GrunwaldStory · Producer
• Derick WilliamsDirector of Photography
• Fergus McDonellEditor

Release date

June 16, 1945

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, War, Romance

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