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The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Directed by Clarence Brown
“The greatest love story of our time!”
Drama, War, Romance · 2h 06m
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
Cast
Irene Dunne
Susan Dunn
Alan Marshal
John Ashwood
Roddy McDowall
John Ashwood II as a Boy
Frank Morgan
Hiram Porter Dunn
Van Johnson
Sam Bennett
C. Aubrey Smith
Walter Forsythe
May Whitty
Nanny
Gladys Cooper
Jean Ashwood
Peter Lawford
John Ashwood II as a Young Man
John Warburton
Reggie Ashwood
Jill Esmond
Rosamund
Brenda Forbes
Gwennie
Crew
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Screenplay
- Claudine West, George Froeschel, Jan Lustig
- Director of Photography
- Robert H. Planck, George J. Folsey
- Original Music Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Editor
- Robert Kern
- Producer
- Clarence Brown, Sidney Franklin
Details
- Release date
- 1944-05-11
- Runtime
- 2h 06m
- Genres
- Drama, War, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German, English, French
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer