Journey Together (1945)

Directed by

John Boulting

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young men join the Royal Air Force during World War Two and train as bomber crew. They form a close friendship while learning to work together as pilot and navigator. The film follows their training and their first combat mission to Berlin.

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What happens

Journey Together is a 1945 British drama war film directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, John Justin and Edward G. Robinson. It was Boulting's film directorial debut. The film was produced by the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit. Dramatist Terence Rattigan, then a Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant, was posted in 1943 to the RAF Film Production Unit to work on The Way to the Stars and Journey Together. The story revolves around two RAF aircrew cadets, played by Attenborough and Watling, while Robinson and Justin play the instructors for the fledgling pilots. In the story, two Englishmen become friends while serving with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin. The plot emphasises the importance of team work in a bomber crew and the important role of the navigator. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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