Romance War Drama
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
Directed by
Lone Scherfig
Jeremy Irons
Secretary of War
Sam Claflin
Tom Buckley
Bill Nighy
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Eddie Marsan
Sammy Smith
Richard E. Grant
Roger Swain
Gemma Arterton
Catrin Cole
Claudia Jessie
Doris Cleavley / Lily
Jake Lacy
Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan
Jack Huston
Ellis Cole
Rachael Stirling
Phyl Moore
Amanda Root
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Patrick Gibson
Rex, the Clapper Loader
Clive Russell
Mr. Starling (uncredited)
Ellie Haddington
Catrin's Landlady
Helen McCrory
Sophie Smith
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
Mabel (Carrot Film)
Paul Ritter
Raymond Parfitt
Jay Simpson
Alf Reynolds
Stephanie Hyam
Angela Ralli-Thomas / Rose
Lily Knight
Rose Starling
Emma Cunniffe
Ettie (uncredited)
Steve Carroll
Boom Operator (uncredited)
Ed Birch
Walter, the Director (Careless Talk Film)
Nell Barlow
Second Waitress (uncredited)
Henry Goodman
Gabriel Baker
Mossie Smith
Female Warden
Miles Richardson
Movietone Newsreader
Lee Whitlock
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Cathy Murphy
Vee (uncredited)
Dan Hirst
Rebecca Saire
Mortuary Nurse
Alfie Stewart
Soldier on the Tube
Joanna Brookes
Woman in Corona
Gavin Lee Lewis
Francesca Knight
Lily Starling
Michael Marcus
Alex, the Director
Nicholas Murchie
Bus Conductor
Natalia Ryumina
Muriel (Ellis's Friend)
Stephen Boswell
War Widows Collector
Darren Clarke
The Gaffer
Richard Bevan
Mr Richards (Dubbing Editor)
Frances Jeater
Spitfires Collector
Richard Syms
Head Waiter
Gordon Brown
Chick, the 1st AD
Julia Lewis
The Make-Up Artist
Liliana Gane
The Wardrobe Mistress
Hubert Burton
Wyndham Best / Johnnie (the Hero)
Feline Allentoft
Wyndham Best's Girlfriend
Florence Woolley
Corona Cinema Usherette
Patrick Osborne
Soldier in Corona
Letty Butler
First Waitress (uncredited)
Katie Jackson
Secretary to Mr. Swain (uncredited)

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