The Way to the Stars
5.9
109 minutes
6/16/1945
Overview
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.
Cast List
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