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An Englishman's Home (1940)

An Englishman's Home poster
Directed by
Albert de Courville
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 13m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British family faces threats from foreign spies in the years before World War II. The story focuses on their efforts to protect their home and country from espionage.

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What happens

An Englishman's Home (U.S. title Mad Men of Europe; also known as Amour D'espion) is a 1940 British drama film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Edmund Gwenn, Mary Maguire and Paul Henreid. It was written by Rodney Ackland, Ian Hay, Edward Knoblock and Dennis Wheatley, adapted from the 1909 play An Englishman's Home by Guy du Maurier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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