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Those Kids from Town is a 1942 British, black-and-white, comedy-drama propaganda film war film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring George Cole, Harry Fowler, Percy Marmont, Ronald Shiner as Mr. Bert Burns and Charles Victor as Harry, the Vicar. It was produced by Richard Vernon and presented by British National Films and Anglo-American Film Corporation. The film is adapted for the screen, by Adrian Alington, from his own, topical novel These Our Strangers, dealing with the experiences of a group of wartime evacuee children from London, sent to safety in a rural village, and their interaction with the host community. Of the juvenile actors involved, Fowler and Cole would go on to very successful adult careers, while Angela Glynne and Stanley Escane had more modest careers for the next decade or so.
Original Release
1942
Cast
Name | Character |
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Shirley Lenner | Liz Burns |
Jeanne de Casalis | Sheila |
Percy Marmont | Earl |
D.J. Williams | Butler |
Maire O'Neill | Housekeeper |
Charles Victor | Vicar |
Angela Glynne | Maud Burns |
George Cole | Charlie |
Harry Fowler | Ern |
Olive Sloane | Vicar's Wife |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Shirley Lenner | Liz Burns |
Jeanne de Casalis | Sheila |
Percy Marmont | Earl |
D.J. Williams | Butler |
Maire O'Neill | Housekeeper |
Charles Victor | Vicar |
Angela Glynne | Maud Burns |
George Cole | Charlie |
Harry Fowler | Ern |
Olive Sloane | Vicar's Wife |
Sydney King | Donals |
Bransby Williams | Uncle Sid |
Ronald Shiner | Mr. Burns |
Josephine Wilson | Mrs. Burns |
A. Bromley Davenport | Egworth |
Leslie Adams | Arthur |
Stanley Escane | Stan |
Dane Gordon | Arnold |
Eleanor Hallam | Georgina Grundy |
Maggie Rennie | Grace - Sheila's Maid |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Vernon | Producer |