This short feature, an early directing credit for Alan Parker, shows the reality of life during the WWII air raids with none of the traditional 'Blitz spirit' so often portrayed. Eric spends the nights crammed into a brick shelter with his dad, sister and her screaming kids, and every bombardment brings tears over the loss of his mother in an earlier raid. When he learns his sweetheart is to be evacuated, he finally buckles under the stress.
Cast
Joe Gladwin
Mr Etheridge
Kate Williams
Elsie
Anthony Allen
Eric
Mary Larkin
Emmy
Jane Baker
Baby
Jane Collins
Babsy
Cheryl Hall
washhouse lady
Rose Hiller
washhouse lady
Liz Mackenzie
washhouse lady
Eunice Box
washhouse lady
Elizabeth Bradley
Mrs Etheridge
Ron Pember
Blackmarket Man
Roy Evans
soldier
Tina Martin
giggler
Eve Pearce
Emmy's mother
Christopher Morris
Emmy's brother
Crew
Alan Parker
Director, Writer
Gerry Hambling
Editor
Michael Seresin
Director of Photography
Ray Corbett
Assistant Director, Unit Manager
Alan Marshall
Producer
Valerie Craig
Producer's Assistant
John Stanier
Camera Operator
Monica Hope
Wardrobe Designer
Martin Samuel
Hairdresser
Mary Hillman
Makeup Artist
Malcolm Bristow
Sound Mixer
Clive Winter
Sound
Ken Weston
Sound
Laurie Frost
Clapper Loader
Jenny Reed
Continuity
Brian Morris
Art Direction