Movie Description
The Stars Look Down
(1940)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Carol Reed
- Producer : Isadore Goldsmith
- Cast : Michael Redgrave,Margaret Lockwood,Emlyn Williams,Nancy Price,Allan Jeayes,Edward Rigby,Desmond Tester,David Markham,Cecil Parker,Linden Travers,Milton Rosmer,George Carney,Ivor Barnard,Olga Lindo,Aubrey Mallalieu,Kynaston Reeves,Clive Baxter,James Harcourt,Frederick Burtwell,Dorothy Hamilton,Frank Atkinson,David Horne,Edmund Willard,Ben Williams,Scott Harrold,Lionel Barrymore,Howard Douglas,Cameron Hall,Bryan Herbert,Vincent Holman,Roddy Hughes,Mike Johnson,Vi Kaley,Laurence Kitchin,Charles Rolfe,D.J. Williams
Cast
Davey Fenwick
Jenny Sunley
Joe Gowlan
Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother
Richard Barras - the mine owner
Robert Fenwick - Davey's father
Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
Arthur Barras - Barras' son
Stanley Millington
Mrs. Laura Millington
Harry Nugent, MP
Slogger Gowlan
Wept
Mrs. Sunley
Hudspeth
Strother
Pat Reedy
Will
Union Official
Mrs. Reedy
Miner
Mr. Wilkins
Mr. Ramage
Harry Brace
Headmaster Strother
Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
Miner at Rescue
Cinema Commissionaire
Man Outside Football Ground
1st Arresting Policeman
Union Committee Member
Looting Miner
Old Woman at Looting
Dickie - Butcher's Boy
2nd Arresting Policeman
Union Committee Chairman
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Facts
Original TitleThe Stars Look Down
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-01-22
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 50m
Production CompaniesGrafton Films
Genres
- Drama
