Their Finest (2017)

In the fight for freedom everyone played a part.

During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.

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Gemma Arterton

Catrin Cole

Sam Claflin

Tom Buckley

Bill Nighy

Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank

Jack Huston

Ellis Cole

Helen McCrory

Sophie Smith

Eddie Marsan

Sammy Smith

Jake Lacy

Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan

Rachael Stirling

Phyl Moore

Henry Goodman

Gabriel Baker

Paul Ritter

Raymond Parfitt

Richard E. Grant

Roger Swain

Nicholas Murchie

Bus Conductor

Amanda Root

Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Patrick Gibson

Rex, the Clapper Loader

D

Darren Clarke

The Gaffer

Ed Birch

Walter, the Director (Careless Talk Film)

Lissa Evans

Make-up Woman (Careless Talk Film)

R

Richard Bevan

Mr Richards (Dubbing Editor)

G

Gaby Chiappe

Dolly (Carrot Film)

Amanda Fairbank-Hynes

Mabel (Carrot Film)

Francesca Knight

Lily Starling

Bella Ava Georgiou

Pearl (Girl on the Tube)

Alfie Stewart

Soldier on the Tube

Mossie Smith

Female Warden

Jay Simpson

Alf Reynolds

F

Frances Jeater

Spitfires Collector

Claudia Jessie

Doris Cleavley / Lily

Stephanie Hyam

Angela Ralli-Thomas / Rose

R

Richard Syms

Head Waiter

Natalia Ryumina

Muriel (Ellis's Friend)

Rebecca Saire

Mortuary Nurse

Jeremy Irons

Secretary of War

Miles Richardson

Movietone Newsreader

G

Gordon Brown

Chick, the 1st AD

J

Julia Lewis

The Make-Up Artist

L

Liliana Gane

The Wardrobe Mistress

H

Hubert Burton

Wyndham Best / Johnnie (the Hero)

Michael Marcus

Alex, the Director

Stephen Boswell

War Widows Collector

F

Feline Allentoft

Wyndham Best's Girlfriend

Ellie Haddington

Catrin's Landlady

F

Florence Woolley

Corona Cinema Usherette

Joanna Brookes

Woman in Corona

P

Patrick Osborne

Soldier in Corona

Cathy Murphy

Vee (uncredited)

Emma Cunniffe

Ettie (uncredited)

Clive Russell

Mr. Starling (uncredited)

L

Letty Butler

First Waitress (uncredited)

Nell Barlow

Second Waitress (uncredited)

Steve Carroll

Boom Operator (uncredited)

K

Katie Jackson

Secretary to Mr. Swain (uncredited)

Lee Whitlock

Man in Pub (uncredited)

Lily Knight

Rose Starling

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