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The Stars Look Down
The Stars Look Down

The Stars Look Down

FROM THE PEN OF "THE CITADEL'S" BOLD AUTHOR!

Genres

Drama

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Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

110 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

22 January 1940

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

Davey Fenwick

Margaret Lockwood

Margaret Lockwood

Jenny Sunley

Emlyn Williams

Emlyn Williams

Joe Gowlan

Nancy Price

Nancy Price

Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother

Allan Jeayes

Allan Jeayes

Richard Barras - the mine owner

Edward Rigby

Edward Rigby

Robert Fenwick - Davey's father

Desmond Tester

Desmond Tester

Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother

David Markham

David Markham

Arthur Barras - Barras' son

Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

Stanley Millington

Linden Travers

Linden Travers

Mrs. Laura Millington

Milton Rosmer

Milton Rosmer

Harry Nugent, MP

George Carney

George Carney

Slogger Gowlan

Ivor Barnard

Ivor Barnard

Wept

Olga Lindo

Olga Lindo

Mrs. Sunley

Aubrey Mallalieu

Aubrey Mallalieu

Hudspeth

Kynaston Reeves

Kynaston Reeves

Strother

Clive Baxter

Clive Baxter

Pat Reedy

James Harcourt

James Harcourt

Will

Frederick Burtwell

Frederick Burtwell

Union Official

Dorothy Hamilton

Dorothy Hamilton

Mrs. Reedy

Frank Atkinson

Frank Atkinson

Miner

David Horne

David Horne

Mr. Wilkins

Edmund Willard

Edmund Willard

Mr. Ramage

Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Harry Brace

Scott Harrold

Scott Harrold

Headmaster Strother

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)

Howard Douglas

Howard Douglas

Miner at Rescue

Cameron Hall

Cameron Hall

Cinema Commissionaire

Bryan Herbert

Bryan Herbert

Man Outside Football Ground

Vincent Holman

Vincent Holman

1st Arresting Policeman

Roddy Hughes

Roddy Hughes

Union Committee Member

Mike Johnson

Mike Johnson

Looting Miner

Vi Kaley

Vi Kaley

Old Woman at Looting

Laurence Kitchin

Laurence Kitchin

Dickie - Butcher's Boy

Charles Rolfe

Charles Rolfe

2nd Arresting Policeman

D.J. Williams

D.J. Williams

Union Committee Chairman

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