The Bells Go Down (1943)
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The Bells Go Down is a dramatization of London firefighting efforts during the 1940 Blitz. In structure, the film is very much like any other smoke-eating melodrama, with perhaps more emphasis on comedy than usual. The omnipresence of the Luftwaffe gives the film an urgency that others in its genre… More The Bells Go Down is a dramatization of London firefighting efforts during the 1940 Blitz. In structure, the film is very much like any other smoke-eating melodrama, with perhaps more emphasis on comedy than usual. The omnipresence of the Luftwaffe gives the film an urgency that others in its genre tend to lack. Making it all the more remarkable is the fact that most British studios were just as vulnerable as London's burned-down landmarks--a fact not lost on the actors, who perform with heightened credibility. Many of the better composed shots in The Bells Go Down would find their way into TV documentaries of the 1950s and 1960s as "reality" footage. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Basil Dearden
- Written By
- Stephen Black, Roger MacDougall
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 17, 1943 Wide
- Studio
- United Artists
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Cast
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Tommy Trinder
as Tommy Turk
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James Mason
as Ted Robbins
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Mervyn Johns
as Sam
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Phillip Friend
as Bob
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Philippa Hiatt
as Nan
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William Hartnell
as Bookes
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Finlay Currie
as Dist. Officer MacFarlane
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Beatrice Varley
as Ma Turk
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Meriel Forbes
as Susie
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Norman Pierce
as Pa Robbins
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Muriel George
as Ma Robbins
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Julien Vedey
as Lou Freeman
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Richard George
as Police Constable O'Brien
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Lesley Brook
as June
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Frederick Culley
as Vicar
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Johnnie Schofield
as Milkman
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Leslie Harcourt
as Alfie Parrot
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Victor Weske
as Peters
- Philip Friend
