Waterloo Road (movie)
| Waterloo Road | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Gilliat |
| Written by | Sidney Gilliat |
| Story by | Val Valentine |
| Produced by | Edward Black |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree |
| Edited by | Alfred Roome |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £96,000[1] |
| Box office | 522,090 admissions (France)[2] |
Waterloo Road is a 1945 British movie directed by Sidney Gilliat. It stars John Mills, Stewart Granger, and Alastair Sim. It is based on the Waterloo area of South London. The British Film Institute database says it is the third "unofficial trilogy" by Gilliat, preceded by Millions Like Us (1943) and Two Thousand Women (1944).[3]
Premise
[change | change source]A soldier called Jim Colter (played by John Mills) goes absence without leave (AWOL) to return to his home in south London to save his wife from Ted Purvis (Granger), a philandering conscription-dodger.
Cast
[change | change source]- John Mills as Jim Colter
- Stewart Granger as Ted Purvis
- Alastair Sim as Dr. Montgomery
- Joy Shelton as Tillie Colter
- Alison Leggatt as Ruby
- Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Colter
- George Carney as Tom Mason
- Leslie Bradley as Mike Duggan
- Jean Kent as Toni
- Ben Williams as Corporal Lewis
- Anna Konstam as May
- Vera Frances as Vera Colter
- George Merritt as Air Raid Warden
- Ian Fleming as Officer at Station
- Wylie Watson as Tattooist
- John Boxer as Policeman at the Fight in Arcade
- Frank Atkinson as Pub Barman
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Fowler, Roy; Haines, Taffy (15 May 1990). "Interview with Sidney Gilliat" (PDF). British Entertainment History Project.
- ↑ Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France at Box Office Story
- ↑ "BFI Screenonline: Waterloo Road (1944)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Waterloo Road on IMDb
- Waterloo Road at BFI Screenonline
- Review of film at Variety
- Review in Time Out
- Review in The New York Times
- MovieMall DVD information