The Stars Look Down (1940)

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

Directed by Carol Reed1h 50mDrama

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.

Rated
NR
Year
1940
Country
GB
Language
English
Release date
22 January 1940
TMDB
6.5 (29)
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Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Davey Fenwick
Margaret Lockwood
Margaret Lockwood
Jenny Sunley
Emlyn Williams
Emlyn Williams
Joe Gowlan
Nancy Price
Nancy Price
Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother
Allan Jeayes
Allan Jeayes
Richard Barras - the mine owner
Edward Rigby
Edward Rigby
Robert Fenwick - Davey's father
Desmond Tester
Desmond Tester
Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
D
David Markham
Arthur Barras - Barras' son
Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker
Stanley Millington
Linden Travers
Linden Travers
Mrs. Laura Millington
Milton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer
Harry Nugent, MP
George Carney
George Carney
Slogger Gowlan
Ivor Barnard
Ivor Barnard
Wept
Olga Lindo
Olga Lindo
Mrs. Sunley
Aubrey Mallalieu
Aubrey Mallalieu
Hudspeth
Kynaston Reeves
Kynaston Reeves
Strother
Clive Baxter
Clive Baxter
Pat Reedy
James Harcourt
James Harcourt
Will
Frederick Burtwell
Frederick Burtwell
Union Official
D
Dorothy Hamilton
Mrs. Reedy
Frank Atkinson
Frank Atkinson
Miner
David Horne
David Horne
Mr. Wilkins
Edmund Willard
Edmund Willard
Mr. Ramage
B
Ben Williams
Harry Brace
S
Scott Harrold
Headmaster Strother
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
Howard Douglas
Howard Douglas
Miner at Rescue
Cameron Hall
Cameron Hall
Cinema Commissionaire
Bryan Herbert
Bryan Herbert
Man Outside Football Ground
V
Vincent Holman
1st Arresting Policeman
R
Roddy Hughes
Union Committee Member
M
Mike Johnson
Looting Miner
Vi Kaley
Vi Kaley
Old Woman at Looting
L
Laurence Kitchin
Dickie - Butcher's Boy
C
Charles Rolfe
2nd Arresting Policeman
D
D.J. Williams
Union Committee Chairman

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