The Bells Go Down (1943)
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The Bells Go Down is a dramatization of London firefighting efforts during the 1940 Blitz. In structure, the film is very much like any other smoke-eating melodrama, with perhaps more emphasis on comedy than usual. The omnipresence of the Luftwaffe gives the film an urgency that others in its genre tend to lack. Making it all the more remarkable is the fact that most British studios were just as vulnerable as London's burned-down landmarks--a fact not lost on the actors, who perform with heightened credibility. Many of the better composed shots in The Bells Go Down would find their way into TV documentaries of the 1950s and 1960s as "reality" footage. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Tommy Trinder - Tommy Turk
- Phillip Friend - Bob
- Philippa Hiatt - Nan
- William Hartnell - Bookes
- Beatrice Varley - Ma Turk
- Muriel George - Ma Robbins
- Richard George - Police Constable O'Brien
- Johnnie Schofield - Milkman
- Victor Weske - Peters
- James Mason - Ted Robbins
- Mervyn Johns - Sam
- Finlay Currie - Dist. Officer MacFarlane
- Meriel Forbes - Susie
- Norman Pierce - Pa Robbins
- Julien Vedey - Lou Freeman
- Lesley Brook - June
- Leslie Harcourt - Alfie Parrot
- Frederick Culley - Vicar
- Director(s):
- Basil Dearden
- Writer(s):
- Roger MacDougall
- Producer(s):
- Michael Balcon
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