Millions Like Us

Watch: Millions Like Us

Overview:

When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.

Director:

Sidney Gilliat

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

factory
wartime

Cast

Patricia Roc

~ as ~

Celia Crowson

Gordon Jackson

~ as ~

Fred Blake

Anne Crawford

~ as ~

Jennifer Knowles

Moore Marriott

~ as ~

Jim Crowson

Basil Radford

~ as ~

Charters

Megs Jenkins

~ as ~

Gwen Price

Eric Portman

~ as ~

Charlie Forbes

Joy Shelton

~ as ~

Phyllis Crowson

Naunton Wayne

~ as ~

Caldicott

Terry Randall

~ as ~

Annie

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
This is a super little compendium of stories that celebrates the roles performed by women in Britain during WWII. Patricia Roc is "Celia" who is called up to help out - ending up in an aircraft factory making a vital, but somewhat unglamorous, contribution to the war effort. It's here that she makes lots of new friends and starts courting with young airman "Fred Blake" (Gordon Jackson). As a production, it's a bit ropey - plenty of balsa wood model sets etc. but it was made in 1943 so just about everything was at a premium in Britain then, so taken in context this is largely forgivable. Messrs. Gilliat & Launder direct this story of humanity and determination with aplomb (OK, maybe not with much style) and we do get a sense of the terror lived through by the families and soldiers alike during this most hideous of times. Eric Portman, and the rather dryly witty pairing of Basil Bradford and Naunton Wayne add a little diversion to the gloom as they plant land mines on a beach somewhere as if preparing for a game of cricket.