Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.
Cast
Emlyn Williams
Appleyard
John Clements
John Rookeby
Constance Cummings
Ann
Frank Pettingell
Gage
Esmond Knight
Vicar's Son
Roland Culver
Steward
Morland Graham
Doctor
Leslie French
Johnny
Martin Walker
Seigneur
Ronald Ward
Lord Clavely
Walter Fitzgerald
Vicar
Dennis Wyndham
Martin
Amy Veness
Jenny
Roddy McDowall
Hugo
James Harcourt
Unknown
Charles Victor
Josiah Much
Felix Aylmer
Sir Edward Grey (uncredited)
Vi Kaley
Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)
David Keir
(uncredited)
A.E. Matthews
(uncredited)
Kynaston Reeves
(uncredited)
John Warwick
Norman (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
(uncredited)
Norman Wooland
(uncredited)
Crew
David MacDonald
Director
A.R. Rawlinson
Writer
Bridget Boland
Writer
Sidney Cole
Editor
Mutz Greenbaum
Director of Photography
George Pollock
Assistant Director
John Corfield
Producer
Richard Vernon
Associate Producer
George Claff
Makeup Artist
Harold V. King
Sound Recordist
Richard Addinsell
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Emlyn Williams
Dialogue
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