

84 minutes
7/22/1941
Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.

Emlyn Williams
as Appleyard

John Clements
as John Rookeby

Constance Cummings
as Ann

Frank Pettingell
as Gage

Esmond Knight
as Vicar's Son

Roland Culver
as Steward

Morland Graham
as Doctor

Leslie French
as Johnny

Martin Walker
as Seigneur

Ronald Ward
as Lord Clavely

Walter Fitzgerald
as Vicar

Dennis Wyndham
as Martin

Amy Veness
as Jenny

Roddy McDowall
as Hugo

James Harcourt

Charles Victor
as Josiah Much

Felix Aylmer
as Sir Edward Grey (uncredited)

Vi Kaley
as Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)
David Keir
as (uncredited)

A.E. Matthews
as (uncredited)

Kynaston Reeves
as (uncredited)
John Warwick
as Norman (uncredited)

Robert Warwick
as (uncredited)

Norman Wooland
as (uncredited)