Fire Over England (1937)

Directed by

William K. Howard

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Englishman becomes a spy to help England defend against the Spanish Armada. He risks his life to uncover a plot while trying to win the love of a woman.

dramaticpatrioticperiodromanticstirringheroicsuspenseful

What happens

Fire Over England is a 1937 London Film Productions film drama, notable for providing the first pairing of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. It was directed by William K. Howard and written by Clemence Dane, nominally from the 1936 novel Fire Over England by AEW Mason. Leigh's performance in the film helped to convince David O. Selznick to cast her as Scarlett O'Hara in his 1939 production of Gone with the Wind. The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I focusing on England's victory over the Spanish Armada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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