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This Above All

1942, Movie, NR, 110 mins

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Prudence Cathaway (Joan Fontaine), daughter of a wealthy London surgeon of great repute, goes beneath her social station and volunteers for the WAAFs instead of entering the service as an officer, because she wants to go in at the bottom and attend training camp as a private. While in training, she gets fixed up with Clive Briggs (Tyrone Power), who is not in the service. Briggs, who was wounded at Dunkirk and placed on recuperation status, is a bitter young man from the wor... read more leave a comment
Year: 1942
Rated NR

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Cast
Tyrone Power: Clive Briggs
Joan Fontaine: Prudence Cathaway
Thomas Mitchell: Monty
Henry Stephenson: Gen. Cathaway
Nigel Bruce: Ramsbottom
Gladys Cooper: Iris

 

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