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Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.
19 Cast Members
Clifford Evans
Fred Carrick
Constance Cummings
Anne Stafford
Tommy Trinder
Tommy Hoskins
Gordon Jackson
Alastair 'Jock' MacFarlan, 19th Fusillers
Robert Morley
Mayor Coutare of Bivary
Owen Reynolds
Collins, Burns & Fawcett Works Manager
Bill Blewitt
Aircraft Spotter on Works Roof
Charles Victor
Aircraft Spotter
John Williams
'English' Army Captain
Anthony Ainley
Boy
Ronald Adam
Sir Charles Fawcett, Managing Director
Anita Palacine
La Tour Barmaid
Ernest Milton
Stationmaster in La Tour
Paul Bonifas
Prefect of Rouville
Francis L. Sullivan
French Skipper
Thora Hird
Barmaid
Mervyn Johns
Official, Passport Office
Eric Maturin
Older Man
John Boxer
Official
