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Give Us the Moon(1944)
Status: Released
Date: 1944-07-31
62%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
Overview:
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Gainsborough Pictures
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Movie: Give Us the Moon
Top 10 Billed Cast
Margaret Lockwood
Nina
Vic Oliver
Sascha
Peter Graves
Peter Pyke
Roland Culver
Ferdinand
Jean Simmons
Heidi
Eliot Makeham
Dumka
George Relph
Otto
Gibb McLaughlin
Marcel
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