In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.In 1940, a British engineer goes to France to retrieve specialized armaments machinery, loaned to the French, before the invading Nazi armies can capture it.
Francis L. Sullivan
- French Skipper
- (as François Sully)
Ronald Adam
- Sir Charles Fawcett Managing Director
- (uncredited)
Anthony Ainley
- Boy
- (uncredited)
Robert Bendall
- Boy
- (uncredited)
Mrs. Blewett
- Woman
- (uncredited)
Bill Blewitt
- Aircraft Spotter on Works Roof
- (uncredited)
John Boxer
- Official
- (uncredited)
Diane Clare
- Girl
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaFrequently considered to be the feature film debut of Gordon Jackson (who portrayed Alastair 'Jock' MacFarlan, 19th Fusiliers). However, although Nine Men (1943) was released approximately one year after this film, it was in production and completed before this one, so both have a claim to being Gordon Jackson's film debut.
- GoofsAs the army truck loaded with the machines is heading for the coast it's attacked by a Stuka dive makes 3 passes dropping a bomb each time but the Stukas only carried a single bomb and despite the 3 explosions there's no sign of a bomb on the 2nd and 3rd passes.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: This picture is dedicated to Melbourne Johns. He is the foreman who went to France, and our story is based on his adventures.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Close to the Enemy: Episode #1.3 (2016)
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Somewhere in France
Ealing Studio were finally hitting their stride as purveyors of wartime propaganda when they despatched Clifford Evans to France to do his bit for blighty.
Evans being Welsh, Gordon Jackson Scotch and Tommy Trinder being English meant that all the nationalities were covered (with the Irish conspicuous by their absence); while Constance Cummings played a bolshy neutral Yank (who actually uses the word 'Capitalist') to keep American audiences happy.
The French are initially portrayed as a bunch of indolent characters in berets who just shrug their shoulders (one of whom bears a suspicious resemblance to Pierre Laval) apart from Robert Morley who fleetingly appears as a Vichyite mayor in a bowler hat; but the tone darkens considerably when they encounter roads lined with refugees.
Evans being Welsh, Gordon Jackson Scotch and Tommy Trinder being English meant that all the nationalities were covered (with the Irish conspicuous by their absence); while Constance Cummings played a bolshy neutral Yank (who actually uses the word 'Capitalist') to keep American audiences happy.
The French are initially portrayed as a bunch of indolent characters in berets who just shrug their shoulders (one of whom bears a suspicious resemblance to Pierre Laval) apart from Robert Morley who fleetingly appears as a Vichyite mayor in a bowler hat; but the tone darkens considerably when they encounter roads lined with refugees.
- richardchatten
- Jul 15, 2023
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- Somewhere in France
- Filming locations
- Teston Bridge, Kent, England, UK(This bridge at 1: 15 is over the River Medway at Teston near Maidstone in Kent. Coincidentally the same Bridge is also blown up in the film Dunkirk - unlucky bridge! .)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Foreman Went to France (1942) officially released in India in English?
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