Sep 26th
Medal for the General**
(GB 1944)
Anglo-American/British National. 99m. bw

An old soldier is rejected from active service, but is helped to come around by the arrival of re-billeted evacuee children.
Sentimental wartime feelgood drama with an incidental propaganda message about post-war aspiration. Movingly acted.

Written by: Elizabeth Baron, from the novel by James Ronald.
Producer: Louis H. Jackson.
Director: Maurice Elvey.
Starring: Godfrey Tearle, Jeanne de Casalis, Morland Graham, John Laurie, Petula Clark (film debut), Thorley Walters, Irene Handl.
Photography: Arthur Grant, James Wilson.
Music: William Alwyn.