The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Irene Dunne
Susan Ashwood
Alan Marshal
Sir John Ashwood
Roddy McDowall
John Ashwood II as a Boy
Frank Morgan
Hiram Porter Dunn
Van Johnson
Sam Bennett
C. Aubrey Smith
Walter Forsythe
Clarence Brown
Director
May Whitty
Nanny
Claudine West
Writer
Gladys Cooper
Jean Ashwood
George Froeschel
Writer
Peter Lawford
John Ashwood II as a Young Man
Alice Duer Miller
Writer
John Warburton
Reggie Ashwood
Robert Nathan
Writer
Jill Esmond
Rosamund
Brenda Forbes
Gwennie
Norma Varden
Mrs. Bland
Harry Allen
English Cabbie (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Matthew Boulton
Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Edmund Breon
Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)
Clifford Brooke
Indian Major in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Eldon Burkett
Twin in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Elton Burkett
Twin in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Bobby Callahan
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Captain Davis (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
Jennings (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Billings (uncredited)
Ann Curzon
Miss Lambert (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Madam at Dieppe Hotel (uncredited)
Guy D'Ennery
Curate in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
George Davis
Boots (uncredited)
Kay Deslys
Blonde Woman (uncredited)
Vernon Downing
Lieutenant Davis Herrick (uncredited)
Tom Drake
Dying American Soldier (uncredited)
Isobel Elsom
Mrs. Bancroft (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
Footman (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Emily Fitzroy
Spinster in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Bunny Gordon
John Ashford II at 6 Months Old (uncredited)
Vera Graaff
Duchess of Waverly (uncredited)
Douglas Grant
Corporal (uncredited)
Gary Gray
Boy at Dinner Table (uncredited)
Arthur Gould-Porter
Captain Portage (uncredited)
Ethel Griffies
Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)
Gerald Hamer
Private (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
The Vicar (uncredited)
Joy Harington
Nurse Margaret (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock
Duke of Waverly (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Farmer Ben Kenney (uncredited)
George Kirby
Old Man (uncredited)
Molly Lamont
Helen Hampton (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
British Naval Officer (uncredited)
Adolf E. Licho
Frenchman at Dieppe Train Station (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
Plump Lady at Boardinghouse (uncredited)
June Lockhart
Betsy Kenney at Age 18 (uncredited)
Miles Mander
Major Loring (uncredited)
Emily Massey
Elegant Lady in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra
Indian Student in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
James Menzies
Mike (uncredited)
Leo Mostovoy
Bandmaster in Dieppe (uncredited)
Gavin Muir
Captain Griffiths (uncredited)
Norbert Müller
Dietrich von Biesterburg (uncredited)
Steven Muller
Gerhard von Biesterburg (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith
Orderly in Hospital (uncredited)
J. Pat O'Malley
Martin (uncredited)
Jean Prescott
Mrs. Kenney (uncredited)
John Rogers
Southampton Porter (uncredited)
Mabel Row
French Maid in Dieppe (uncredited)
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Miller (uncredited)
Arthur Shields
Benson (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
Guest in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
Skipper of Honeymoon Boat (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Randall Duell
Art Direction
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Jack Dawn
Makeup Designer
Gile Steele
Costume Design
Charles E. Wallace
Sound
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Robert Kern
Editor
Sidney Franklin
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 11, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 6m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
The White Cliffs of Dover is a 1944 American war drama film based on the verse novel The White Cliffs by Alice Duer Miller. It was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Clarence Brown, and produced by Clarence Brown and Sidney Franklin. The screenplay was by Claudine West, Jan Lustig and George Froeschel, with the credit for additional poetry by Robert Nathan. Nathan stated in an interview that he wrote the screenplay as his first work as a contracted writer for MGM but the studio credited Claudine West who died in 1943 as a tribute to her.
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