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The Bells Go Down backdrop

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The Bells Go Down (1943)

Fire Scenes That Scorch the Screen in a 5-Alarm Thriller!

7.2(13)1h 29mMay 16, 1943

Basil Dearden

Director

Roger MacDougall

Writer

Rate

Diary

Overview

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.

Cast

Tommy Trinder

Tommy Turk

James Mason

Ted Robbins

Philip Friend

Bob

Mervyn Johns

Sam

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William Hartnell

Brookes

Finlay Currie

District Officer McFarlane

Meriel Forbes

Susie

Beatrice Varley

Ma Turk

Muriel George

Ma Robbins

Lesley Brook

June

Frederick Culley

Vicar

Johnnie Schofield

Milkman

Leo Genn

Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

Mr. Vanetti (uncredited)

Frederick Piper

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Charles Victor

Bill - Dunkirk Survivor (uncredited)

Media

Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: May 16, 1943
Production: Ealing Studios
Country: United Kingdom

Keywords

london, englandfire brigadeworld war iieast end of londonlondon blitz

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