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The Stars Look Down( 1940)

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

Overview

Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Michael Redgrave

      Davey Fenwick

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      Margaret Lockwood

      Jenny Sunley

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      Emlyn Williams

      Joe Gowlan

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      Nancy Price

      Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother

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      Allan Jeayes

      Richard Barras - the mine owner

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      Edward Rigby

      Robert Fenwick - Davey's father

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      Desmond Tester

      Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother

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      David Markham

      Arthur Barras - Barras' son

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      Cecil Parker

      Stanley Millington

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      Linden Travers

      Mrs. Laura Millington

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      Milton Rosmer

      Harry Nugent, MP

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      George Carney

      Slogger Gowlan

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      Ivor Barnard

      Wept

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      Olga Lindo

      Mrs. Sunley

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      Aubrey Mallalieu

      Hudspeth

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      Kynaston Reeves

      Strother

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      Clive Baxter

      Pat Reedy

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      James Harcourt

      Will

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      Frederick Burtwell

      Union Official

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      Dorothy Hamilton

      Mrs. Reedy

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      Frank Atkinson

      Miner

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      David Horne

      Mr. Wilkins

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      Edmund Willard

      Mr. Ramage

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      Ben Williams

      Harry Brace

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      Scott Harrold

      Headmaster Strother

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      Lionel Barrymore

      Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)

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      Howard Douglas

      Miner at Rescue

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      Cameron Hall

      Cinema Commissionaire

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      Bryan Herbert

      Man Outside Football Ground

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      Vincent Holman

      1st Arresting Policeman

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      Roddy Hughes

      Union Committee Member

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      Mike Johnson

      Looting Miner

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      Vi Kaley

      Old Woman at Looting

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      Laurence Kitchin

      Dickie - Butcher's Boy

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      Charles Rolfe

      2nd Arresting Policeman

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      D.J. Williams

      Union Committee Chairman

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jun 23 2022
    Michael Redgrave is the local boy done good, when he wins a scholarship to go to university to train to be a teacher. Unfortunately, he has fallen in love with the rather fickle "Jenny" (Margaret Lockwood) who has a bit of a venal streak. Curtailing his studies, he returns to live with her in his boyhood town intent on improving the lot of his community - but he is soon disillusioned when he sees his wife still keen on her flashy old flame "Joe" (Emlyn Williams) and that his elderly father looks set to have to work the mines for years to come... He accidentally discovers that the mine is unsafe...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • trade union
    • miner
    • social commentary
    • labor union