The Foreman Went to France
In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.
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"As usual, totally unlike anything of WWII we see here in America. I watched this film to see Robert Morley, a fave when I was little, only to find he was in a bit, uninteresting role as a French mayor, but the rest of the movie was a wonderful surprise. Based on a true story, Clifford Evans is a factory foreman who journeys to France to retrieve three valuable machines which, if they fell into German hands, would give the Germans an advantage. While he sits in a diner at the train station, the village is evacuated, but he doesn't understand what is happening. He journeys on to the town..."
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Frequently considered to be the feature film debut of Gordon Jackson (who portrayed Alastair 'Jock' MacFarlan, 19th Fusiliers). However, although Nine Men (1943) was released approximately one year after this film, it was in production and completed before this one, so both have a claim to being Gordon Jackson's film debut.
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In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.