The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)

NR05/11/1944Drama, War, Romance2h 6m
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The greatest love story of our time!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Irene Dunne

    Susan Dunn

  2. Cast 1

    Alan Marshal

    John Ashwood

  3. Cast 1

    Roddy McDowall

    John Ashwood II as a Boy

  4. Cast 1

    Frank Morgan

    Hiram Porter Dunn

  5. Cast 1

    Van Johnson

    Sam Bennett

  6. Cast 1

    C. Aubrey Smith

    Walter Forsythe

  7. Cast 1

    May Whitty

    Nanny

  8. Cast 1

    Gladys Cooper

    Jean Ashwood

  9. Cast 1

    Peter Lawford

    John Ashwood II as a Young Man

Irene Dunne is superb here as a young American woman “Susan”, who travels to the UK with her grumpy, well meaning - indeed every inch his "Wizard of Oz" - father Frank Morgan (“Hiram") Once she arrives, she goes to a fancy ball where she meets and falls for the dashing "Sir John Ashwood" (Alan Marshal) and a whirlwind of a romance ensues. The rest of the story depicts her trials and tribulations as she tries to settle down with her new beau - and his rather cold, distant family whose views on Americans as loud, brash and all but uncivilised she finds alienating and difficult to adapt to. WWI i...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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