The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars (1945)

Thrills in the sky ! and romance below ...

  • Genre: Drama, War, Romance
  • Release Date: 1945-06-16
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 22 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Two Cities Films
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Anthony Asquith
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From 22 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Michael Redgrave

    as Flight Lt. David Archdale
  • John Mills

    as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
  • Rosamund John

    as Miss Todd
  • Douglass Montgomery

    as Johnny Hollis
  • Renée Asherson

    as Iris Winterton
  • Stanley Holloway

    as Mr. Palmer
  • Basil Radford

    as 'Tiny' Williams
  • Felix Aylmer

    as Rev. Charles Moss
  • Bonar Colleano

    as Joe Friselli
  • Joyce Carey

    as Miss Winterton
  • Trevor Howard

    as Squadron Leader Carter
  • Nicholas Stuart

    as Colonel Rogers (as Tryon Nichol)
  • Bill Owen

    as Sgt. 'Nobby' Clarke
  • Grant Miller

    as Wally Becker
  • Jean Simmons

    as A Singer
  • Johnnie Schofield

    as Jones
  • Charles Victor

    as Corporal Fitter
  • David Tomlinson

    as 'Prune' Parsons
  • Hartley Power

    as Colonel Page
  • Vida Hope

    as Elsie
  • Hugh Dempster

    as 'Tinker' Bell
  • Charles Farrell

    as American Orderly
  • Anthony Dawson

    as Bertie Steen
  • Bill Logan

    as Radio Operator
  • John Howard

    as Shelter Officer
  • Murray Matheson

    as Joe Lawson
  • John McLaren

    as 'Cheerio' Chester
  • Jacqueline Clarke

    as Waitress
  • Alf Goddard

    as PT Instructor
  • Caven Watson

    as RAF Corporal
  • Sydney Benson

    as Fred
  • Peter Cotes

    as Aircraftsman
  • Ann Wilton

    as Schoolmistress
Directing Anthony Asquith Director
Writing Terence Rattigan Story
Writing Terence Rattigan Screenplay
Writing Anatole de Grunwald Story
Writing Richard Sherman Writer
Production Anatole de Grunwald Producer
Sound Nicholas Brodszky Music
Sound Charles Williams Music
Camera Derick Williams Director of Photography
Editing Fergus McDonell Editor
Directing Anthony Hearne Second Assistant Director

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