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Piccadilly Incident
Piccadilly Incident is a 1946 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Coral Browne, Edward Rigby and Leslie Dwyer. Wilcox teamed his wife Anna Neagle with Michael Wilding for the first time, establishing them as top box-office stars in five more films, ending with The Lady with a Lamp in 1951. Wilding was third choice for leading man after Rex Harrison and John Mills.
Plot
During an air-raid on Piccadilly in World War II, Chief Wren Diana Fraser, who is on active duty with the Women's Royal Naval Service, meets Captain Alan Pearson, a Royal Marines officer on sick leave after the evacuation from Dunkirk. He invites her for a drink at his house - they dance and fall in love. Impulsively, he proposes to her and they marry.
More details
| author | Nicholas Phipps |
|---|---|
| director | Herbert Wilcox |
| editor | Flora Newton |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | attack drown meet north africa piccadilly red cross rescue royal marines singapore strand women's royal naval service world war ii wound |
| musicBy | Anthony Collins |
| producer | Herbert Wilcox |
| productionCompany | Associated British Picture Corporation |
| publisher | Pathé Pictures Ltd |