1940 The Stars Look Down 1/7

Directed By Carol Reed
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree. Davey finds he is ill-at-ease in his role, the more so when he realises Jenny still loves her former boyfriend. When he finds that his father and the other miners are going to have to continue working on a possibly deadly coal seam he decides to act.

Cast
Michael Redgrave ... Davey Fenwick
Margaret Lockwood ... Jenny Sunley
Emlyn Williams ... Joe Gowlan
Nancy Price ... Martha Fenwick
Allan Jeayes ... Richard Barras
Edward Rigby ... Robert Fenwick
Linden Travers ... Mrs. Laura Millington
Cecil Parker ... Stanley Millington
Milton Rosmer ... Harry Nugent, MP
George Carney ... Slogger Gowlan
Ivor Barnard ... Wept
Olga Lindo ... Mrs. Sunley
Desmond Tester ... Hughie Fenwick
David Markham ... Arthur Barras
Aubrey Mallalieu ... Hudspeth
Lionel Barrymore ... Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice) (uncredited)
Howard Douglas ... Miner at Rescue (uncredited)
Cameron Hall ... Cinema Commissionaire (uncredited)
Bryan Herbert ... Man Outside Football Ground (uncredited)
Vincent Holman ... 1st Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
Roddy Hughes ... Union Committee Member (uncredited)
Mike Johnson ... Looting Miner (uncredited)
Vi Kaley ... Old Woman at Looting (uncredited)
Laurence Kitchin ... Dickie - Butcher's Boy (uncredited)
Charles Rolfe ... 2nd Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
D.J. Williams ... Union Committee Chairman (uncredited)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• British
• Film
• Welsh
• Mining
• Michael
• Redgrave

[BarmyBitch1980]

This was filmed at a mine in my home town :) So glad I've found it.... Thanks for uploading :) xx

[BritishMovieDrama]

@BarmyBitch1980 you are welcome

[Gocarefully]

An Excellent Production.

Are there any Film Collectors in the UK who would

be willing to Exchange Material?

Mainly Old Films and Off Air TV Material.

Regards Mike

pluscat2000@yahoo.co.uk

[Nightingale195]

I think I've watched once in England, another version of this beautiful book, that I've read in primary school in Israe.

This was so interesting, thoug sad  very sad.

[Jarvamon]

This is the 95 minute USA release with the opening narration by Lionel Barrymore (and for some reason it's the version which has always been released on VHS/DVD in the UK) and not the original 110 mins British release. I've only ever seen this version and would dearly love to see the original.