| An Englishman's Home | |
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| Directed by | Albert de Courville |
| Written by | Rodney Ackland Ian Hay Edward Knoblock Dennis Wheatley |
| Based on | An Englishman's Home by Guy du Maurier |
| Produced by | Neville E. Neville |
| Starring | Edmund Gwenn Mary Maguire Paul Henreid |
| Cinematography | Mutz Greenbaum Cyril J. Knowles |
| Edited by | Lister Laurance |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
| Production company | Aldwych Films |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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| Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
An Englishman's Home is a 1940 British drama film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Edmund Gwenn, Mary Maguire and Paul Henreid. It is an adaptation of the 1909 play An Englishman's Home by Guy du Maurier. It was filmed at Denham Studios outside London with production commencing in May 1939. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. It was picked up for distribution in the United States by Columbia Pictures who released it in June 1940 under the alternative title Mad Men of Europe.
Cast
- Edmund Gwenn as Tom Brown
- Mary Maguire as Betty Brown
- Paul Henreid as Victor Brandt
- Geoffrey Toone as Peter Templeton
- Richard Ainley as Geoffrey Brown
- Desmond Tester as Billy Brown
- Carl Jaffe as Martin
- Meinhart Maur as Waldo
- Mavis Villiers as Dolly
- Mark Lester as Uncle Ben
- Norah Howard as Maggie
- John Wood as Jimmy
References
- Goble p.750
- Wood p.100
- Shull & Wilt p.147
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Shull, Michael S. & Wilt, David Edward. Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945: An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II. McFarland, 2015.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
| The films of Albert de Courville | |
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