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The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 16, 1945

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Drama, War, Romance

User Score

57%

Original Title

The Way to the Stars

Production Companies

Two Cities Films

Director

Anthony Asquith

Description

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.