Went the Day Well? (1942)

★ 7.2 1h 32m IMDb
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The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.

Went the Day Well?

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Leslie Banks
Leslie Banks as Oliver Wilsford Died 1952 · West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK Leslie Banks, CBE (9 June 1890 – 21 April 1952) was an English theatre and cinema actor, director and producer, now best remembered playing gruff, menacing characters in black and white movies of the...
Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan as Peggy Died 1990 · Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage, screen, and television actress, who worked in both England and Hollywood..
Frank Lawton
Frank Lawton as Tom Sturry Died 1969 · London, England, UK Frank Lawton (30 September 1904 – 10 June 1969) was an English actor..
Basil Sydney
Basil Sydney as Major Hammond / Kommandant Orlter Died 1968 · Essex, England, UK Basil Sydney (23 April 1894 – 10 January 1968) was an English stage and screen actor. Sydney made his name in 1915 in the London stage hit Romance by Edward Sheldon, with Broadway star Doris Keane, a...
Valerie Taylor
Valerie Taylor as Nora Ashton Died 1988 · Fulham, London, England, UK Valerie Taylor was an English actress..
Mervyn Johns
Mervyn Johns as Charlie Sims Died 1992 · Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK Father of actress Glynis Johns, who appeared with him in The Halfway House (1944) and The Sundowners (1960). Stocky, benevolent-looking Welsh character who became an unexpected star of British movies...
Director Alberto Cavalcanti
Cast Leslie Banks, Elizabeth Allan, Frank Lawton, Basil Sydney, Valerie Taylor, Mervyn Johns, Edward Rigby, Marie Lohr, C. V. France, David Farrar

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CinemaSerf 7/10 Mar 29, 2022
As films actually made during WWII go, this one has the unique distinction of being about the prospect of a British town actually being controlled by the Nazis. Basil Sydney portrays the German Major charged with bringing the villagers to heel in advance of the invasion - and with the help of a local collaborator sets about his task with ruthless efficiency. What makes this all the more fascinating a watch, is that all the characters - including David Farrar and Leslie Banks - are British - there are no German imports into this taut adaptation of Graham Greene's story.

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