The Way to the Stars
Thrills in the sky ! and romance below ...
109 mins
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
Nicholas Stuart
Colonel Rogers (as Tryon Nichol)
Grant Miller
Wally Becker
Hugh Dempster
'Tinker' Bell
Bill Logan
Radio Operator
John Howard
Shelter Officer
Caven Watson
RAF Corporal
Sydney Benson
Fred
Peter Cotes
Aircraftsman
Ann Wilton
Schoolmistress
Nicholas Brodszky
Music
Derick Williams
Director of Photography
Charles Williams
Music
Fergus McDonell
Editor
Richard Sherman
Writer
Anthony Hearne
Second Assistant Director