The Way to the Stars

Synopsis

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.

Main Cast

Michael Redgrave

Flight Lt. David Archdale

Age : 77 | Popularity : 44%

John Mills

Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

Age : N/A | Popularity : 79%

Rosamund John

Miss Todd

Age : N/A | Popularity : 11%

Douglass Montgomery

Johnny Hollis

Age : 58 | Popularity : 11%

Renée Asherson

Iris Winterton

Age : N/A | Popularity : 25%

Stanley Holloway

Mr. Palmer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 31%

Basil Radford

'Tiny' Williams

Age : N/A | Popularity : 32%

Felix Aylmer

Rev. Charles Moss

Age : 90 | Popularity : 27%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Anthony Asquith
	Second Assistant Director	Anthony Hearne
Writing	Story	Terence Rattigan Anatole de Grunwald
	Screenplay	Terence Rattigan
Department	Role	Name

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