The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) - film review

Drama / Romance / War

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The White Cliffs of Dover is an American romantic film drama first released in 1944, directed by Clarence Brown. The film stars Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Frank Morgan and Van Johnson. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Clarence Brown
Script: Claudine West, Jan Lustig, George Froeschel, Robert Nathan, Alice Duer Miller
Photo: George J. Folsey, Robert H. Planck
Music: Herbert Stothart
Cast: Irene Dunne (Susan Dunn), Alan Marshal (Sir John Ashwood), Roddy McDowall (John Ashwood II as a Boy), Frank Morgan (Hiram Porter Dunn), Van Johnson (Sam Bennett), C. Aubrey Smith (Colonel Walter Forsythe), Dame May Whitty (Nanny), Gladys Cooper (Lady Jean Ashwood), Peter Lawford (John Ashwood II as a Young Man), John Warburton (Reggie Ashwood), Jill Esmond (Rosamund), Brenda Forbes (Gwennie), Norma Varden (Mrs. Bland), Harry Allen (English Cabbie), Wilson Benge (Chauffeur), Matthew Boulton (Immigration Officer), Edmund Breon (Major Rupert Bancroft), Clifford Brooke (Indian Major in Boardinghouse), Eldon Burkett (Twin in Boardinghouse), Elton Burkett (Twin in Boardinghouse), Bobby Callahan (Messenger Boy), Charles Coleman (Captain Davis), Clyde Cook (Jennings), Alec Craig (Billings), Ann Curzon (Miss Lambert), Adrienne D’Ambricourt (Madam at Dieppe Hotel), George Davis (Boots), Guy D’Ennery (Curate in Boardinghouse), Kay Deslys (Blonde Woman), Vernon Downing (Lieutenant Davis Herrick), Tom Drake (Dying American Soldier), Isobel Elsom (Mrs. Bancroft), Herbert Evans (Footman), Franklyn Farnum (Ball Guest), Emily Fitzroy (Spinster in Boardinghouse), Bunny Gordon (John Ashford II at 6 Months Old), Arthur Gould-Porter (Captain Portage), Vera Graaff (Duchess of Waverly), Douglas Grant (Corporal), Gary Gray (Boy at Dinner Table), Ethel Griffies (Woman on Train Opening Window), Gerald Hamer (Private), Lumsden Hare (The Vicar), Joy Harington (Nurse Margaret), Sam Harris (Ball Guest), Keith Hitchcock (Duke of Waverly), Stuart Holmes (Ball Guest), Charles Irwin (Farmer Ben Kenney), George Kirby (Old Man), Molly Lamont (Helen Hampton), Nelson Leigh (British Naval Officer), Adolf E. Licho (Frenchman at Dieppe Train Station), Doris Lloyd (Plump Lady at Boardinghouse), June Lockhart (Betsy Kenney at Age 18), Miles Mander (Major Loring at Hospital), Emily Massey (Elegant Lady in Boardinghouse), Lal Chand Mehra (Indian Student in Boardinghouse), James Menzies (Mike), Leo Mostovoy (Bandmaster in Dieppe), Gavin Muir (Captain Griffiths), Norbert Muller (Dietrich von Biesterburg), Steven Muller (Gerhard von Biesterburg), Ottola Nesmith (Orderly in Hospital), J. Pat O’Malley (Martin), Jean Prescott (Mrs. Kenney), John Rogers (Southhampton Porter), Mabel Row (French Maid in Dieppe), Anita Sharp-Bolster (Miller), Arthur Shields (Benson), Elizabeth Taylor (Betsy Kenney at Age l0), Larry Wheat (Guest in Boardinghouse), Ian Wolfe (Skipper of Honeymoon Boat)
Country: USA
Language: English / French / German
Runtime: 126 min; B&W

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