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Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.Read moreLess
Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.
The story
Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.
Cast & crew
Emlyn WilliamsAppleyard
John ClementsJohn Rookeby
Constance Cummings
Frank PettingellGage
Esmond KnightVicar's Son
Roland CulverSteward
Morland GrahamDoctor
Leslie FrenchJohnny
Martin WalkerSeigneur
Ronald WardLord Clavely
Walter FitzgeraldVicar
Dennis WyndhamMartinExplore the crew
- Director
- David MacDonald
- Writer
- Bridget Boland
- Producer
- John Corfield
- Editor
- Sidney Cole
- Writer
- A.R. Rawlinson
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Addinsell
- Director of Photography
- Mutz Greenbaum