| Release Date: | Feb 1949 |
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| Genre: | Drama / Romance / Thriller / War |
| Awards: | Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. |
| Cast: | David Farrar (Sammy Rice), Kathleen Byron (Susan), Jack Hawkins (R.B. Waring), Leslie Banks (Col. A.K. Holland), Michael Gough (Capt. Dick Stuart), Cyril Cusack (Cpl. Taylor), Milton Rosmer (Prof. Mair), Walter Fitzgerald (Brine), Emrys Jones (Joe), Michael Goodliffe (Till), Renée Asherson (A.T.S. corporal), Anthony Bushell (Col. Strang), Henry Caine (Sgt. Maj. Rose), Elwyn Brook-Jones (Gladwin), James Dale (Brigadier), Sam Kydd (Crowhurst, door sentry), June Elvin (Gillian), David Hutcheson (Norval), Sid James ('Knucksie' Moran, barkeeper...), Roderick Lovell (Capt. Pearson), James Carney (Sgt. Groves), Roddy Hughes (Welsh doctor), Geoffrey Keen (Pinker), Bryan Forbes (Peterson, dying gunner), Robert Morley (Minister), Richard Nielson (), Ted Heath (Band Leader (uncredited)), Patrick Macnee (Man at committee meeting (uncredited)), Michael Powell (Gunnery Officer (uncredited)), John Stratton (Young Army Officer at commitee...) |
The best bomb disposal officer during World War II was badly injured and is in frequent pain. He finds solace and relief from his pain in the whisky bottle & the pills that are never far away. A new type of booby trapped bomb push his nerves & resolution to the limit.