Johnny Frenchman (1945)
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Johnny Frenchman uses humor to drive home the point that, despite all previous rivalries and hostilties, the French and English should pull together during WW2. Aldwych farceur Tom Walls plays Nat Pomeroy, harbourmaster of a Cornwall fishing village, who is continually outsmarted by clever French fish poacher Lannec Florrie (Francoise Rosay). Pomeroy is further aggravated by the fact that Florrie's son Yan (played by French-Canadian radio favorite Paul Dupuis) is busily romancing Pomeroy's daughter Sue (Patricia Roc). But when the Nazis rear their ugly heads, the Cornish fisherman and the French miscreants band together to thwart the German menace. Many of the cast members of Johnny Frenchman are actual Cornish villagers and members of the Free French resistance movement. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Françoise Rosay - Lanec Florrie
- Patricia Roc - Sue Pomeroy
- Paul Dupuis - Yan Kervarec
- Arthur Hambling - Steve Matthews
- James Harcourt - Joe Pender
- Marcel Poncin - Theo
- Beatrice Varley - Mrs. Tremayne
- Grace Arnold - Mrs. Matthews
- Richard Harrison - Tim Bassett
- Leslie Harcourt - Jack Nicholas
- James Knight - Tom Hocking
- Vincent Holman - Truscott
- Henri Bollinger - Alain
- Alfie Bass - Corporal
- Tom Walls - Nat Pomeroy
- Ralph Michael - Bob Tremayne
- Frederick Piper - Zacky Penrose
- Judith Furse - Jane Matthews
- Paul Bonifas - Jerome
- Pierre Richard - Mayor of Lanec
- Drusilla Wills - Miss Bennett
- John Stone - Sam Harvey
- George Hirste
- Franklin Bennett
- Carroll O'Connor - Mr. Harper
- Stanley Paskin - Tim Bassett
- Richard George - Charlie West
- Director(s):
- Charles Frend
- Writer(s):
- T.E.B. Clarke
- Producer(s):
- Michael Balcon
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