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The Stars Look Down (1940)

FROM THE PEN OF "THE CITADEL'S" BOLD AUTHOR!

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 50M

Director : Carol Reed
Writer : J.B. Williams

Synopsis

The Stars Look Down is based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel of the same name, about injustices in a mining community in North East England. While the novel follows the development of three young men in the small mining town, the film focuses on just one of them; the smart David Fenwick who gets a scholarship to university, meets a girl who only marries him because her former boyfriend has abandoned her, and eventually returns to the mine town as a teacher and takes part in a futile rescue effort when the mine is flooded, trapping both his father and his younger brother.

Actors

Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Davey Fenwick
Margaret Lockwood
Margaret Lockwood
Jenny Sunley
Emlyn Williams
Emlyn Williams
Joe Gowlan
Nancy Price
Nancy Price
Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother
Allan Jeayes
Allan Jeayes
Richard Barras - the mine owner
Edward Rigby
Edward Rigby
Robert Fenwick - Davey's father
Desmond Tester
Desmond Tester
Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
David Markham
David Markham
Arthur Barras - Barras' son
Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker
Stanley Millington
Linden Travers
Linden Travers
Mrs. Laura Millington
Milton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer
Harry Nugent, MP
George Carney
George Carney
Slogger Gowlan
Ivor Barnard
Ivor Barnard
Wept
Olga Lindo
Olga Lindo
Mrs. Sunley
Aubrey Mallalieu
Aubrey Mallalieu
Hudspeth
Kynaston Reeves
Kynaston Reeves
Strother
Clive Baxter
Clive Baxter
Pat Reedy
James Harcourt
James Harcourt
Will
Frederick Burtwell
Frederick Burtwell
Union Official
Dorothy Hamilton
Dorothy Hamilton
Mrs. Reedy
Frank Atkinson
Frank Atkinson
Miner
David Horne
David Horne
Mr. Wilkins
Edmund Willard
Edmund Willard
Mr. Ramage
Ben Williams
Ben Williams
Harry Brace
Scott Harrold
Scott Harrold
Headmaster Strother
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
Howard Douglas
Howard Douglas
Miner at Rescue
Cameron Hall
Cameron Hall
Cinema Commissionaire
Bryan Herbert
Bryan Herbert
Man Outside Football Ground
Vincent Holman
Vincent Holman
1st Arresting Policeman
Roddy Hughes
Roddy Hughes
Union Committee Member
Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson
Looting Miner
Vi Kaley
Vi Kaley
Old Woman at Looting
Laurence Kitchin
Laurence Kitchin
Dickie - Butcher's Boy
Charles Rolfe
Charles Rolfe
2nd Arresting Policeman
D.J. Williams
D.J. Williams
Union Committee Chairman

Crews

Carol Reed
Carol Reed
Director
A.J. Cronin
A.J. Cronin
Novel
A.J. Cronin
A.J. Cronin
Adaptation
J.B. Williams
J.B. Williams
Screenplay
Isadore Goldsmith
Isadore Goldsmith
Producer
Hans May
Hans May
Original Music Composer
Mutz Greenbaum
Mutz Greenbaum
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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