You've seen such girls in this town
Director: Lance Comfort
Producer: Victor Hanbury
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
80 min
Rating: 7.3/10
Released
Top Cast
Eric Portman
Capt. John Ellis
Flora Robson
Mrs. Liz Ellis
Sheila Sim
Margaret Ellis
Isabel Jeans
Lady Mott
Walter Fitzgerald
Bob Tyndale
Philip Friend
Geoffrey Winthrop
Movie Info
Director: Lance Comfort
Producer: Victor Hanbury
Production Companies: Victor Hanbury Productions, RKO Radio British Productions, RKO Radio Pictures
Countries: United Kingdom
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CinemaSerf:
Ostensibly, this is just a wartime morale-booster as a group of ladies in a small English hamlet are told of the impending visit of a VIP. With just 24 hours before her arrival, they must spruce up their village and put together some exhibits to demonstrate to their visitor. It's not just about the visit, however - that serves as a lens through which we have a look at a couple of more interesting sub-plots that deal with the lives of the non-military "combatants" of WWII - notably a rather sad scenario with Flora Robson and her husband Eric Porter in which he struggles to feel valued and relevant, and another with their daughter (Sheila Sim) and her marriage opportunities. It's not a perfect film, by any means, but Portman and Robson offer up good performances of what passed for normality during the war for so many people still at home, and though maybe it's a bit slow, it's still a characterful observation well worth a watch.