The Foreman Went to France (1942)

Directed by

Charles Frend

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

U

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A British engineer evacuates vital machinery from France before it falls to the Nazis. He and his helpers face obstacles as ordinary people swept into the war effort.

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What happens

The Foreman Went to France (released in the USA as Somewhere in France ) is a 1942 British Second World War war film starring Clifford Evans, Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings and Gordon Jackson. It was based on the real-life wartime exploits of Welsh engineer and munitions worker Melbourne Johns, who rescued machinery used to make guns for Spitfires and Hurricanes. It was an Ealing Studios film made in 1941 with the support of the War Office and the Free French Forces. All of the 'heroes' are portrayed as ordinary people caught up in the war. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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