This Man Is Mine
This Man Is Mine is a 1946 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Tom Walls, Glynis Johns and Jeanne De Casalis. The screenplay concerns a Canadian soldier who is billeted with a British family for the Christmas holidays. It was based on the hit West End play A Soldier for Christmas by Reginald Beckwith. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director George Provis. It was the final film of French director Varnel, known for his many comedies featuring music hall stars including Will Hay and George Formby, who died in a car accident following the shooting of the film.
Plot
The wealthy Ferguson family are planning a quiet Christmas at their home in the countryside of Southern England. A series of disruptions begin with the arrival of the married elder daughter, who has fled her London home after a row with her husband. This is followed successively by Millie a WAAF NAAFI girl who used to be a servant in the house now being billeted there, and then a Canadian soldier Bill from a nearby base who is sent by his Colonel as a punishment for getting into fights with British troops in answer to a goodwill invitation from Mrs Ferguson.
Cast
More details
author | Reginald Beckwith |
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contentLocation | England |
director | Marcel Varnel |
editor | Douglas Robertson |
genre | comedy |
keywords | billet canadian christmas christmas dinner colonel criminal gang dance party follow lodge lodger london mail married naafi plan postwar saskatoon scientist servant southern england suffer turkey waaf women's auxiliary air force |
musicBy | Allan Gray |
producer | Marcel Varnel |
productionCompany | Columbia British Productions |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |
theme | dance |