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Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1944-04-28
- video_camera_front Companies Two Cities Films
- timer Runtime: 81 Mins
- star Rating: 6.2 / 10
- favorite Likes: 2 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0037352
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Bernard Miles
Colonel Barton-Barrington

Rosamund John
Hazel Broome

Niall MacGinnis
Jimmy Bancroft

Jean Gillie
Nancy Forester

Lucie Mannheim
Russian Sniper

Christopher Steele
Reverend Kingsley

Brefni O'Rorke
Uncle Arthur

George Carney
Whimbrel

Wylie Watson
Crasker

Lyonel Watts
Silver

Scott Harrold
Shuttleworth

Arthur Burne
Hambling

John Salew
Pickering

Marjorie Rhodes
Mrs. Pickering

John Rae
McDougall

Ann Wilton
Miss Pennyman

Ernest Butcher
Tommy Fairchild

Grey Blake
Captain Dawson

Stuart Latham
Corporal Philpotts

Johnnie Schofield
Sergeant Dawkins

Ian Fleming
Schoolmaster

Katie Johnson
Miss Pyman

Joan Sterndale-Bennett
Rose

Sam Wilkinson
Commissionaire

David Keir
Professor

Sydney Benson
President of A.B.O.

Vida Hope
Railway Porter (uncredited)

Gordon McLeod
Phillipson (uncredited)
groups Crew

Noel Mewton-Wood
Music

Bernard Miles
Writer

Bernard Miles
Director

Charles Saunders
Writer

Charles Saunders
Director

Douglas Myers
Editor

Ray Sturgess
Director of Photography

Eric Cross
Director of Photography

Herbert Smith
Associate Producer

Charles Tasto
Sound Recordist

Ray Sturgess
Camera Operator

Desmond Dew
Sound Recordist

Alex Vetchinsky
Art Direction

William Sistrom
Producer

Bernard Miles
Producer

Muir Mathieson
Music Director
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