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Description: From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.

Cast:
Spud Wilson: James McKechnie
Stuffy Graves: Neville Mapp
Club Porter (1942): Vincent Holman
Clive Candy: Roger Livesey
Hoppy: David Hutcheson
Period Blimp: Spencer Trevor
Colonel Betteridge: Roland Culver
Club Porter (1902): James Knight
Edith Hunter: Deborah Kerr
Café Orchestra Leader: Dennis Arundell
Kaunitz: David Ward
Indignant Citizen: Jan Van Loewen
von Schönborn: Valentine Dyall
von Reumann: Carl Jaffe
von Ritter: Albert Lieven
Colonel Goodhead: Eric Maturin
Baby-Face Fitzroy: Frith Banbury
Embassy Secretary: Robert Harris
Embassy Counsellor: Arthur Wontner
Colonel Borg: Theodore Zichy
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff: Anton Walbrook
Nurse Erna: Jane Millican
Frau von Kalteneck: Ursula Jeans
Pebble: Phyllis Morris
Aunt Margaret: Muriel Aked
Murdoch: John Laurie
van Zijl: Reginald Tate
The Texan: W.H. Barrett
The Sergeant: Thomas Palmer
The Nun: Yvonne Andre
The Matron: Marjorie Gresley
The Bishop: Felix Aylmer
Mrs. Wynne: Helen Debroy Summers
Mr. Wynne: Norman Pierce
Major Davies: Harry Welchman
President of Tribunal: A.E. Matthews
B.B.C. Official: Edward Cooper
Secretary: Joan Swinstead
German Officer: John Adams
Soldier: John Varley
Popeye: Robin Burns
Nun: Eileen Farrell
Maj. Plumley (1902): Ian Fleming
Barman: Desmond Jeans
Extra: Patrick Macnee
Sybil Hopwell: Diana Marshall
Prussian Student: Ferdy Mayne
Cpl. Tommy Tucker: Pat McGrath
Sgt Hawkins: Ronald Millar
Dr. Crowler at Duel: Charles Mortimer
Extra in Crowd at BBC Bunker: Pete Murray
Prisoner of War: Peter Noble
Sergeant Clearing Debris: Wally Patch
Napoleon Armstrong (1918): Norris Smith
Cocker Spaniel (1920):
Edith's Sister: Patricia Tidy
Senior Service Officer at Dinner Party: Robert Brooks Turner
Youngster: Norman Williams
Man with Debris Clearing Unit: George Woodbridge

Written by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Production: The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Release date: 26 Jul 1943