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Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
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Carla Lehmann
- Helen Barrington
- (as Carla Lehman)
Robin Burns
- Auction Bidder
- (uncredited)
Gerald Case
- Squadron Leader Weston
- (uncredited)
Noel Dainton
- Member of Home Guard
- (uncredited)
Annie Esmond
- Lady Wrapping Parcels For The Bazaar
- (uncredited)
Peter Gawthorne
- Senior RAF Officer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaTheatrical movie debut of George Cole (Ronald).
- GoofsDespite being apparently unconscious, the downed parachutist can be seen helping the two boatmen pull him into the rowing boat at the start of the film.
- Quotes
Helen Barrington: You know, George, I think you waste your time with the wrong sort of women.
Flt·Lieut. George Perry: I never waste my time with any women.
Helen Barrington: I quite believe that.
- SoundtracksOverture
(uncredited)
from "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"
Music by Richard Wagner
Arranged by Louis Levy
Featured review
A wartime evacuee from London arrives in a small Scottish village to stay in Mrs Barrington's cottage. However the arrival of a wounded Spitfire pilot and a mysterious bald gentleman means the boy must stay in the Barrington's house. At the house Mr Barrington and his assistant are working on a top-secret new bombsight to help the war effort. Ronald begins to notice strange behaviour in the village and gradually uncovers a plot to steal the bomb sight when it is developed.
This is a typically jaunty British wartime adventure which contains some gentle laughs and a quite good `who-done-it' style plot. Our eyes come in the form of cockney scamp Ronald as he notices some strange going on. The film manages to keep the mystery going by giving each character shadowy motives - we're not sure if they are a spy, a policeman, a rogue after the ladies, a scorned lover or what - but they all seem to have something going on. This makes it more enjoyable that it sounds and it isn't until the final 20 minutes when it all starts to come together. The famous cast makes it enjoyable - surely none of them could be the spy!?
George Cole shows his lifetime career in a good performance as a cheeky cockney scamp. Mills enjoys himself in his usual war hero role. Leslie Banks plays it straight as the inventor Mr Barrington, while Alistair Sim has the most fun in his shadowy role (he would later work with Cole as an adult on the St Trinians series). The only other role that stands out is De Casalis as the dippy Mrs Barrington, she gives plenty of gentle laughs.
Overall a gentle wartime adventure that has plenty of mystery and nice touches to keep you interested.
This is a typically jaunty British wartime adventure which contains some gentle laughs and a quite good `who-done-it' style plot. Our eyes come in the form of cockney scamp Ronald as he notices some strange going on. The film manages to keep the mystery going by giving each character shadowy motives - we're not sure if they are a spy, a policeman, a rogue after the ladies, a scorned lover or what - but they all seem to have something going on. This makes it more enjoyable that it sounds and it isn't until the final 20 minutes when it all starts to come together. The famous cast makes it enjoyable - surely none of them could be the spy!?
George Cole shows his lifetime career in a good performance as a cheeky cockney scamp. Mills enjoys himself in his usual war hero role. Leslie Banks plays it straight as the inventor Mr Barrington, while Alistair Sim has the most fun in his shadowy role (he would later work with Cole as an adult on the St Trinians series). The only other role that stands out is De Casalis as the dippy Mrs Barrington, she gives plenty of gentle laughs.
Overall a gentle wartime adventure that has plenty of mystery and nice touches to keep you interested.
- bob the moo
- Feb 7, 2002
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Cottage to Let
- Filming locations
- Gaumont-British Studios, Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK(studio: made at the Gaumont-British Studios, London)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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