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1941 British film

This England

Directed by	David MacDonald
Written by	A.R. Rawlinson Bridget Boland Emlyn Williams
Produced by	John Corfield
Starring	John Clements Constance Cummings Emlyn Williams
Cinematography	Mutz Greenbaum
Music by	Richard Addinsell Orchestration, Roy Douglas Direction, Muir Mathieson
Production company	British National Films
Distributed by	World Pictures Corporation
Release date	19 July 1941 (1941-07-19)
Running time	84 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

This England is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by David MacDonald and starring John Clements, Constance Cummings and Emlyn Williams. The film follows the small English village of Cleveley and its historic resistance against tyrannical invaders recounted by one of the inhabitants to a visiting American journalist.

Production

The film was made for propaganda purposes during the Second World War. Its title comes from a speech by John of Gaunt in the play Richard II by William Shakespeare.

Partial cast

John Clements - John Rookeby
Constance Cummings - Ann
Emlyn Williams - Appleyard
Frank Pettingell - Gage
Roland Culver - Steward
Morland Graham - Doctor
Leslie French - Johnny
Martin Walker - Seigneur
Ronald Ward - Lord Clavely
Hugh Wakefield - Vicar
Esmond Knight - Vicar's son
Amy Veness - Jenny
Roddy McDowall - Hugo
Dennis Wyndham - Martin

References

BFI.org

External links

This England at IMDb

v t e Films directed by David MacDonald
Double Alibi (1937) The Last Curtain (1937) It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937) Death Croons the Blues (1937) Riding High (1937) Make It Three (1938) A Spot of Bother (1938) Meet Mr. Penny (1938) This Man Is News (1938) Dead Men Tell No Tales (1938) This Man in Paris (1939) The Midas Touch (1940) Spies of the Air (1940) Law and Disorder (1940) This England (1940) Men of the Lightship (1940) Desert Victory (1943) The Brothers (1947) Snowbound (1948) Good-Time Girl (1948) The Bad Lord Byron (1949) Christopher Columbus (1949) Diamond City (1949) Cairo Road (1950) The Adventurers (1951) The Lost Hours (1952) Tread Softly (1952) Operation Malaya (1953) Devil Girl from Mars (1954) One Just Man (1954) The Yellow Robe (1954) Three Cornered Fate (1955) Final Column (1955) Triple Blackmail (1955) Man in Demand (1955) Alias John Preston (1955) Small Hotel (1957) The Moonraker (1958) A Lady Mislaid (1958) Petticoat Pirates (1961) The Golden Rabbit (1962)

Films directed by David MacDonald

Double Alibi (1937)
The Last Curtain (1937)
It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937)
Death Croons the Blues (1937)
Riding High (1937)
Make It Three (1938)
A Spot of Bother (1938)
Meet Mr. Penny (1938)
This Man Is News (1938)
Dead Men Tell No Tales (1938)
This Man in Paris (1939)
The Midas Touch (1940)
Spies of the Air (1940)
Law and Disorder (1940)
This England (1940)
Men of the Lightship (1940)
Desert Victory (1943)
The Brothers (1947)
Snowbound (1948)
Good-Time Girl (1948)
The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
Christopher Columbus (1949)
Diamond City (1949)
Cairo Road (1950)
The Adventurers (1951)
The Lost Hours (1952)
Tread Softly (1952)
Operation Malaya (1953)
Devil Girl from Mars (1954)
One Just Man (1954)
The Yellow Robe (1954)
Three Cornered Fate (1955)
Final Column (1955)
Triple Blackmail (1955)
Man in Demand (1955)
Alias John Preston (1955)
Small Hotel (1957)
The Moonraker (1958)
A Lady Mislaid (1958)
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
The Golden Rabbit (1962)

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