Rent For Freedom (1940)
2.9 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 22min
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- Synopsis:
In pre-war Britain, newsreel Chief Will Ferguson (Will Fyffe) and his son Steve (Anthony Hulme) plan to make a documentary celebrating human achievement - but the events in Europe sour their plans. Hitler's Third Reich is on the march and has just invaded Czechoslovakia. Europe is in flames and instead they make a documentary fiercely condemning the rise of Fascism. Steve leaves for South America - but as World War Two erupts in all its fury he soon finds that the war has followed him. The Giant German battleship Graf Spee has fled into Montevideo Harbour after a punishing encounter with the British warships Exeter and Ajax. As events unfold in a very unexpected way, Steve is there with his newsreel camera to capture the dramatic end to the encounter. Made in 1940 and starring Will Fyffe, this stirringly patriotic film boosted morale in the nation's cinemas, cleverly combining new scenes with genuine newsreel footage to show one of Britain's great naval triumphs in the early months of the war. - Actors:
- Will Fyffe, Anthony Hulme, E.V.H. Emmett, Guy Middleton, Albert Lieven, Hugh McDermott, Arthur Goullet, Engineer Angel, Arthur Denton, Patrick Dove, Aubrey Jenkins, Miles Malleson, First Officer Murphy, Charles Pottinger, Jack Raine, Bill Russell, Terry-Thomas, Engineer Walker, Pat Williams, Millicent Wolf
- Directors:
- Maurice Elvey, Castleton Knight
- Producers:
- Edward Black
- Narrated By:
- J.E.T. Harper
- Writers:
- Leslie Arliss, Miles Malleson
- Studio:
- DD Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Coronations on Screen, British WWII Films: The Home Front and Europe, Drama Films & TV, Top 10 British War Films (1939-45)
