Movie Cosmos - This Above All

Description:

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.

Top Cast >

Tyrone Power

As Clive Briggs

Joan Fontaine

As Prudence Cathaway

Thomas Mitchell

As "Monty" Montague

Henry Stephenson

As General Cathaway

Nigel Bruce

As Ramsbottom

Gladys Cooper

As Iris Cathaway

Philip Merivale

As Dr. Roger Cathaway

Sara Allgood

As Waitress

Alexander Knox

As Rector

Queenie Leonard

As Violet Worthing

Melville Cooper

As Wilbur

Jill Esmond

As Nurse Emily Harvey

Holmes Herbert

As Dr. Mathias

John Abbott

As Joe

Arthur Shields

As Hospital Chaplain

Dennis Hoey

As Parsons

Denis Greene

As Dr. Ferris

Miles Mander

As Major

Harry Allen

As Hubert

David Clyde

As Clerk

Brenda Forbes

As Mae

Lilyan Irene

As Rosie

Colin Campbell

As Frantic Air Raid Victim

Billy Bevan

As Farmer

Herbert Clifton

As Secretary

Andy Clyde

As Fireman

Carol Curtis-Brown

As Cathaway's Maid

Raymond Severn

As Jackie Harvey

Charles Irwin

As Regimental Commander

Virginia McDowall

As Girl with Iris

Clyde Cook

As Truck Driver

Jessica Newcombe

As Matron

Alexander Pollard

As Waiter

Stuart Robertson

As Officer

John Rogers

As Vagrant at Flop House

Clifford Severn

As Lift Boy

Will Stanton

As Bartender

Donald Stuart

As Messenger

Cyril Thornton

As Station Master

David Thursby

As Man Assigned Bed #10

Gordon Wallace

As Airman

Rhys Williams

As Sergeant

Alan Edmiston

As Hotel Porter

Gerald Hamer

As Hotel Porter

Mary Field

As Hotel Maid

Gwendolyn Logan

As Hotel Maid

Alec Craig

As Bus Conductor

Harold De Becker

As Train Conductor

Morton Lowry

As Soldier in Bar

Eddie Hall

As Soldier in Bar

Jack Shea

As British Soldier in Bar

Thomas Louden

As Vicar

Mary Forbes

As Vicar's Wife

Wyndham Standing

As Doctor

Mrs. Wilfrid North

As Doctor's Wife

Leyland Hodgson

As Policeman

Val Stanton

As Policeman

Leonard Carey

As Policeman with Rector

Lumsden Hare

As First Headwaiter

Aubrey Mather

As Second Headwaiter

Yorke Sherwood

As Proprietor

Olaf Hytten

As Proprietor

Forrester Harvey

As Proprietor

Silvia Vaughan

As Tea Shop Counterwoman

May Beatty

As Tea Shop Customer

Anita Sharp-Bolster

As Tea Shop Customer

Heather Thatcher

As Nurse

Cecil Weston

As Nurse

Stella Rae

As Nurse

Jean Prescott

As Nurse

Colin Kenny

As WAAF Supply Officer

Clare Verdera

As WAAF Corporal

Rita Page

As WAAF Corporal

Doris Lloyd

As WAAF Sergeant

Valerie Cole

As WAAF Woman

Stephanie Insall

As WAAF Woman

Dorothy Daniels de Becker

As WAAF Woman

Joyce Wynn

As WAAF Woman

Top Crew >

Anatole Litvak

Director

Eric Knight

Novel

R.C. Sherriff

Screenplay

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Richard Day

Art Direction

Arthur C. Miller

Director of Photography

Walter Thompson

Editor

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Gwen Wakeling

Costume Design

Guy Pearce

Makeup Artist

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

Alfred Newman

Original Music Composer, Music Director

Roger Heman Sr.

Sound

Conrad Salinger

Orchestrator

Aaron Rosenberg

Assistant Director

Sam Benson

Wardrobe Designer

David Buttolph

Additional Music

Arthur von Kirbach

Sound

Robert Bassler

Associate Producer

Robert Kane

Production Manager

Edward B. Powell

Orchestrator

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

A really strong ensemble cast get together for this wartime drama that sees the posh "Prudence" (Joan Fontaine) sign up to join the Women's Auxiliary Army Force - much to the chagrin of her old-soldier father Henry Stephenson. Not long into her new career, her pals set her up on a date with the handsome "Briggs" (Tyrone Power) and she is soon smitten. Snag is, her new beau has a bit of a secret and that could send both of their lives into a turmoil. Fontaine and Power have chemistry, both deliver well and although there is maybe just a shade too much pontificating from the young woman, this makes for an enjoyable, if maybe just a bit far-fetched, wartime romance with a hint of the peril faced by those in London during the blitz. With Thomas Mitchell, Nigel Bruce and Melville Cooper amongst the solid and engaging support team, Anatole Litvak presents us with an enjoyable, artistically very good looking film that's well worth a watch.

2022-06-26