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The Stars Look Down

Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.

1940 |1h 50m |  Drama

Cast

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Michael Redgrave

Davey Fenwick

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Margaret Lockwood

Jenny Sunley

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Emlyn Williams

Joe Gowlan

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Nancy Price

Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother

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Allan Jeayes

Richard Barras - the mine owner

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Edward Rigby

Robert Fenwick - Davey's father

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Desmond Tester

Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother

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Cecil Parker

Stanley Millington

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Linden Travers

Mrs. Laura Millington

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Milton Rosmer

Harry Nugent, MP

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George Carney

Slogger Gowlan

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Ivor Barnard

Wept

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Olga Lindo

Mrs. Sunley

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Aubrey Mallalieu

Hudspeth

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Kynaston Reeves

Strother

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Clive Baxter

Pat Reedy

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James Harcourt

Will

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Frederick Burtwell

Union Official

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David Horne

Mr. Wilkins

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Edmund Willard

Mr. Ramage

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Lionel Barrymore

Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)

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Howard Douglas

Miner at Rescue

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Cameron Hall

Cinema Commissionaire

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Bryan Herbert

Man Outside Football Ground

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Vi Kaley

Old Woman at Looting

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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