One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1941)
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63% of users liked it
(346 ratings)
This subtle, unadorned British war drama was the second collaboration between "The Archers," Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Six British bomber crewmen are obliged to bail out over Holland. To escape detection from the Nazis, the crewmen accept the hospitality of several Hollanders,… More This subtle, unadorned British war drama was the second collaboration between "The Archers," Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Six British bomber crewmen are obliged to bail out over Holland. To escape detection from the Nazis, the crewmen accept the hospitality of several Hollanders, all dedicated to the freedom-fighting activities of the Underground. The film is constructed along the lines of the earlier Powell-Pressburger film The Invaders, except that the escapees are British rather than German and their Dutch contacts are willing rather than reluctant co-conspirators. The six male stars are Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams, Bernard Miles, Hugh Burden, and Emrys Jones; among those who aid them in their flight to freedom are Googie Withers, Joyce Redman, and Peter Ustinov. The austere photography by Ronald Neame is complemented by the to-the-point editing of future director David Lean. Adding to the verisimilitude of One of Our Aircraft Is Missing is the utter absence of a musical score. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Powell
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 27, 1942 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Reconciliatory spirit trumps jingoistic trumpet-blowing
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Impressive wartime propaganda film from the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
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Cast
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Godfrey Tearle
as Sir George Corbett
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Eric Portman
as Tom Earnshaw
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Hugh Williams
as Frank Shelley
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Bernard Miles
as Geoff Hickman
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Pamela Brown
as Else Meertens
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Hugh Burden
as John Glyn Haggard
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Hay Petrie
as Burgomeister
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Emrys Jones
as Bob Ashley
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Roland Culver
as Naval Officer
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David Ward
as First German Airman
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Googie Withers
as Jo de Vries
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David Evans
as Len Martin
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Hector Abbas
as Driver
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Joan Akkerman
as Maartje
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Willem Akkerman
as Willem
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Robert Beatty
as Sgt. Hopkins
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James B. Carson
as Louis
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Alec Clunes
as Organist
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William D'Arcy
as Officer
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Selma Vaz Dias
as Burgomeister's Wife
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Robert Duncan
as 2nd Airman
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Robert Helpmann
as De Jong
- John Longden
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Arnold Marlé
as Pieter Sluys
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Valerie Moon
as Jannie
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Joyce Redman
as Jet van Dieren
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Stewart Rome
as Commander
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John Salew
as Sentry
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Peter Schenke
as Hendrik
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Michael Powell
as Dispatching Officer
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Peter Ustinov
as Priest
