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Cast

Joan Gates profile

Joan Gates

Gwen Hayden

Jean Gillie profile

Jean Gillie

Jean Gillie

Joan Greenwood profile

Joan Greenwood

Betty Miller

Joyce Howard profile

Joyce Howard

Anne Lawrence

Rosamund John profile

Rosamund John

Maggie Fraser

Lilli Palmer profile

Lilli Palmer

Erna Debruski

Barbara Waring profile

Barbara Waring

Joan Simpson

John Justin profile

John Justin

Flying Officer David Sheridan

Elliott Mason profile

Elliott Mason

Mrs. Fraser

Frederick Leister profile

Frederick Leister

Colonel Lawrence

Everley Gregg profile

Everley Gregg

Miss Simpson

John Laurie profile

John Laurie

Scots Corporal

Mary Jerrold profile

Mary Jerrold

Mrs. Sheridan

Meriel Forbes profile

Meriel Forbes

Junior Commander Davis

Noreen Craven profile

Noreen Craven

Convoy Sergeant

Miles Malleson profile

Miles Malleson

Tran Guard

Jimmy Hanley profile

Jimmy Hanley

1st Soldier

Harry Welchman profile

Harry Welchman

Captain Ferrier

Rosalyn Boulter profile

Rosalyn Boulter

Telephonist

Leslie Howard profile

Leslie Howard

Narrator (voice)

Grace Arnold profile

Grace Arnold

Restaurant Attendant (uncredit...

Frank Atkinson profile

Frank Atkinson

Restaurant Customer (uncredite...

Claude Bailey profile

Claude Bailey

Staff Officer (uncredited)

Hyma Beckley profile

Hyma Beckley

Man at Railway Station (uncred...

Peter Cotes profile

Peter Cotes

Taffy (uncredited)

Amy Dalby profile

Amy Dalby

Lady Behind the Bar at the Dan...

Richard George profile

Richard George

Naval Officer (uncredited)

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

GB

Reviews

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A review by CinemaSerf 6

June 26, 2022

This is more of a docu-drama, depicting as it does the efforts of the women's Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in the UK during WWII. It's not quite propaganda - it does show some of the hairier, scarier aspects of their jobs amidst the war - but it does largely focus on the huge range of tasks they undertook from sight-ranging for the guns trying to stop the doodlebugs to driving essential supplies from one end of the country to the other to keep the logistical wheels of warfare w...