The Way to the Stars (1945)
The Way to the Stars (1945) - Drama Movies 109 minutes. Johnny in the Clouds. Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed. world war ii, pilot, yorkshire, squadron, air force base, battle of britain, royal air force, raf, bomber command
Released: Jun 16, 1945
Runtime: 109 minutes
Stars: Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Douglass Montgomery, Renée Asherson, Stanley Holloway
Crew: Anatole de Grunwald (Story), Terence Rattigan (Story), Terence Rattigan (Screenplay), Anthony Asquith (Director), Richard Sherman (Writer), Nicholas Brodszky (Music)