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The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy is a 1948 British drama film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's 1946 play The Winslow Boy. It was made by De Grunwald Productions and distributed by the British Lion Film Corporation. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Anatole de Grunwald with Teddy Baird as associate producer. The adapted screenplay was written by de Grunwald and Rattigan based on Rattigan's play. The music score was by William Alwyn and the cinematography by Freddie Young.
Plot
Arthur Winslow goes home from his job at the bank after 46 years, retiring because of arthritis. He has a normal domestic life for a middle-class family: his eldest son Dickie is at Oxford University, his daughter Catherine is a non-militant suffragette, and his youngest son Ronnie is starting as cadet at the Royal Naval College. Additionally, next-door neighbour John Watherstone asks for his daughter's hand in marriage.
More details
| author | Anatole de Grunwald Terence Rattigan |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Anthony Asquith |
| editor | Gerald Turney-Smith |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | arthritis barrister barristers in england and wales brief british house of commons cadet condemn domestic life force house of commons magna carta member of parliament mp oxford university pound pound sterling read scar shill shilling suffragette |
| musicBy | William Alwyn |
| producer | Anatole de Grunwald |
| productionCompany | London Films |
| publisher | British Lion Films |
| theme | legal |