Farewell Again
5
85 minutes
1/5/1937
Overview
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again. American expatriate Tim Whelan was the directorial hand who kept the various plot threads from entangling, while another Hollywood vet, James Wong Howe, manned the cameras. The film became instantly dated with the advent of World War II, but in its own time Farewell Again was a box-office smash. The film was issued in the US as Troopship.
Cast List
Leslie Banks
as Col. Harry Blair
Flora Robson
as Lucy Blair
Sebastian Shaw
as Capt. Gilbert Reed
Patricia Hilliard
as Nurse Ann Harrison
Robert Cochran
as Carlisle Smith
Anthony Bushell
as Roddy Hammond
Rène Ray
as Elsie Wainwright
Robert Newton
as Jim Carter
Leonora Corbett
as Lady Joan
J.H. Roberts
as Dr. Pearson
Eliot Makeham
as Maj. Swayle
Martita Hunt
as Adela Swayle
Edward Lexy
as Sgt. Brough
Maire O'Neill
as Mrs. Brough
Wally Patch
as Sgt. Maj. Billings
Margaret Moffatt
as Mrs. Billings
Gertrude Musgrove
as Lily Toff
Bill Shine
as Cpl. Edrich
Alf Goddard
as Pvt. Bulger
Edie Martin
as Mrs. Bulger
Edmund Willard
as Pvt. Withers
Philip Ray
as Moore
Janet Burnell
as Mrs. Moore
John Laurie
as Pvt. McAllister
Jerry Verno
as Pvt. George Judd
Vernon Harris
as Harry
David Horne
as John Carlisle
Noel Brophy
as Minor Role
Peter Copley
as Minor Role
William Hartnell
as Minor Role
Katie Johnson
as Mother of soldier in hospital
Vi Kaley
as Minor Role
Frederick Piper
as Minor Role