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This Above All

This Above All

1942Movie⏱️ 1h 50mApproved
DramaRomanceWar
6.6
IMDB Rating
1,544 votes

Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.

Director
Anatole Litvak
Writers
Eric Knight, R.C. Sherriff
Stars
Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, Thomas Mitchell
Release Date
May 12, 1942
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 4
Wins
🎯 3
Nominations
💬 30
Reviews
📋 1.5K
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🎭 Top Cast

Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
as Clive Briggs
Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine
as Prudence Cathaway
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell
as Monty
Henry Stephenson
Henry Stephenson
as General Cathaway
Nigel Bruce
Nigel Bruce
as Ramsbottom
Gladys Cooper
Gladys Cooper
as Iris Cathaway
Philip Merivale
Philip Merivale
as Dr. Roger Cathaway
Sara Allgood
Sara Allgood
as Waitress
Alexander Knox
Alexander Knox
as Rector
Queenie Leonard
Queenie Leonard
as Violet Worthing

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Twentieth Century Fox

🏷️ Keywords

woman wears a tiedeserterblind dateawolreference to william shakespeare

🎯 Categories

DramaRomanceWar

⭐ Featured Review

Class Carries Responsibility
by bkoganbing2009-12-23
8/10

"Although the English born, Laurence Olivier, Richard Greene, or Robert Donat would have done the part of Clive Briggs great justice, there was nothing wrong with the performance Tyrone Power gave in This Above All. Power does not even attempt an English accent, yet his performance is every bit as good as Robert Taylor's in Waterloo Bridge. Eric Knight's novel was a big seller and the film is a serious examination as to why this is the people's war. In a curious way Power's views which do undergo a radical transformation are a mirror image of what Marlon Brando said in The..."

💡 Did You Know?

Appearing in this film are no fewer than twenty performers who appeared in at least one of the Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, the latter playing Ramsbottom.

📖 Synopsis

Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.