The Stars Look Down (1940)
The Stars Look Down
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Michael Redgrave
as Davey Fenwick
as Davey Fenwick
Margaret Lockwood
as Jenny Sunley
as Jenny Sunley
Emlyn Williams
as Joe Gowlan
as Joe Gowlan
Nancy Price
as Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother
as Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother
Allan Jeayes
as Richard Barras - the mine owner
as Richard Barras - the mine owner
Edward Rigby
as Robert Fenwick - Davey's father
as Robert Fenwick - Davey's father
Desmond Tester
as Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
as Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
David Markham
as Arthur Barras - Barras' son
as Arthur Barras - Barras' son
Cecil Parker
as Stanley Millington
as Stanley Millington
Linden Travers
as Mrs. Laura Millington
as Mrs. Laura Millington
Milton Rosmer
as Harry Nugent, MP
as Harry Nugent, MP
George Carney
as Slogger Gowlan
as Slogger Gowlan
Ivor Barnard
as Wept
as Wept
Olga Lindo
as Mrs. Sunley
as Mrs. Sunley
Aubrey Mallalieu
as Hudspeth
as Hudspeth
Kynaston Reeves
as Strother
as Strother
Clive Baxter
as Pat Reedy
as Pat Reedy
James Harcourt
as Will
as Will
Frederick Burtwell
as Union Official
as Union Official
Dorothy Hamilton
as Mrs. Reedy
as Mrs. Reedy
Frank Atkinson
as Miner
as Miner
David Horne
as Mr. Wilkins
as Mr. Wilkins
Edmund Willard
as Mr. Ramage
as Mr. Ramage
Ben Williams
as Harry Brace
as Harry Brace
Scott Harrold
as Headmaster Strother
as Headmaster Strother
Lionel Barrymore
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
as Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
Howard Douglas
as Miner at Rescue
as Miner at Rescue
Cameron Hall
as Cinema Commissionaire
as Cinema Commissionaire
Bryan Herbert
as Man Outside Football Ground
as Man Outside Football Ground
Vincent Holman
as 1st Arresting Policeman
as 1st Arresting Policeman
Roddy Hughes
as Union Committee Member
as Union Committee Member
Mike Johnson
as Looting Miner
as Looting Miner
Vi Kaley
as Old Woman at Looting
as Old Woman at Looting
Laurence Kitchin
as Dickie - Butcher's Boy
as Dickie - Butcher's Boy
Charles Rolfe
as 2nd Arresting Policeman
as 2nd Arresting Policeman
D.J. Williams
as Union Committee Chairman
as Union Committee Chairman
Crew arrow_drop_down
Hans May
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Mutz Greenbaum
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
A.J. Cronin
Novel
Novel
Carol Reed
Director
Director
A.J. Cronin
Adaptation
Adaptation
Isadore Goldsmith
Producer
Producer
J.B. Williams
Screenplay
Screenplay
