Directed by:
Alberto CavalcantiScreenplay:
Angus MacPhailCinematography:
Wilkie CooperComposer:
William WaltonCast:
Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor, Marie Lohr, Frank Lawton, Elizabeth Allan, Thora Hird, Patricia Hayes, Basil Sydney, David Farrar, James Donald (more)Plots(1)
A could-it-happen propaganda-type film which centres on a small English village invaded by German paratroopers disguised as soldiers of the Royal Engineers. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Leslie Banks](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/500/500011_d9e5e3.jpg)
Leslie Banks
UK
Best movies:
C.V. France
UK
Best movies:
It Happened One Sunday (1944)
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
![Valerie Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/153/626/153626373_5f8d32.jpg)
Valerie Taylor
UK
Best movies:
Repulsion (1965)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Anna Karenina (1961) (TV movie)
![Marie Lohr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/856/160856409_8be000.jpg)
Marie Lohr
Australia
Best movies:
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Pygmalion (1938)
Anna Karenina (1948)
![Frank Lawton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/204/160204250_a61c6b.jpg)
Frank Lawton
UK
Best movies:
A Night to Remember (1958)
David Copperfield (1935)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
![Elizabeth Allan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/843/159843094_e8eacc.jpg)
Elizabeth Allan
UK
Best movies:
Camille (1936)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
David Copperfield (1935)
![Thora Hird](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/739/159739553_03a295.jpg)
Thora Hird
UK
Best movies:
A Kind of Loving (1962)
The Magic Box (1951)
Some Will, Some Won't (1970)
![Patricia Hayes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/678/161678635_6bd0f5.jpg)
Patricia Hayes
UK
Best movies:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The Best of Benny Hill (1974)
![Basil Sydney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/878/160878226_49adc9.jpg)
Basil Sydney
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Hamlet (1948)
The Dam Busters (1955)
![David Farrar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394670_d6ff0a.jpg)
David Farrar
UK
Best movies:
Black Narcissus (1947)
The Sea Chase (1955)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
![James Donald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/194/160194004_22e4d7.jpg)
James Donald
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Great Escape (1963)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Charles Paton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762282_615172.jpg)
Charles Paton
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
Blackmail (1929)
Piccadilly (1929)
![Janette Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421424_cbba06.jpg)
Janette Scott
UK
Best movies:
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
The Magic Box (1951)
School for Scoundrels (1960)
![Harry Fowler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/165/160165244_fff603.jpg)
Harry Fowler
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
Angels One Five (1952)
![Mervyn Johns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/856/160856527_4d994f.jpg)
Mervyn Johns
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Moby Dick (1956)
Never Let Go (1960)
Tommy Trinder
UK
Best movies:
Went the Day Well? (1942)
The Damned (1962)
![Grace Arnold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527773_e49913.jpg)
Grace Arnold
UK
Best movies:
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
![John Slater](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025477_33a33e.jpg)
John Slater
UK
Best movies:
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Schweik's New Adventures (1943)
![Gerard Heinz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/394/161394361_1b02b3.jpg)
Gerard Heinz
German Empire
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Great Manhunt (1950)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Robert Brooks Turner
UK
Best movies:
Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Night of the Demon (1957)
Anna Karenina (1948)