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This Above All
This Above All is a 1942 American romance film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine as a couple from different social classes who fall in love in wartime England. The supporting cast features Thomas Mitchell, Nigel Bruce, and Gladys Cooper. Set in World War II, the film is adapted from Eric Knight's 1941 novel of the same name.
Plot
On the day that France surrenders to Nazi Germany in 1940, Prudence "Pru" Cathaway (Joan Fontaine) a strong-willed young woman from the upper class, joins the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), the women's organisation of the Royal Air Force, to her family's surprise. Her aunt Iris and uncle Wilbur disapprove since she has chosen to serve as a private rather than as an officer. However, family butler Parsons privately expresses his support.
Awards
Cast
- Alexander Knox
- Arthur Shields
- Dennis Hoey
- Doris Lloyd
- Gladys Cooper
- Heather Thatcher
- Henry Stephenson
- Holmes Herbert
- Jill Esmond
- Joan Fontaine
- John Abbott
- Leonard Carey
- Lumsden Hare
- Mary Forbes
- Melville Cooper
- Miles Mander
- Nigel Bruce
- Philip Merivale
- Queenie Leonard
- Rhys Williams
- Sara Allgood
- Thomas Mitchell
- Tyrone Power
- Wyndham Standing