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The White Cliffs of Dover

1944

2h 6m

6.70

Drama, War, Romance

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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.

Cast

Irene Dunne

Susan Dunn

Alan Marshal

John Ashwood

Roddy McDowall

John Ashwood II as a Boy

Frank Morgan

Hiram Porter Dunn

Van Johnson

Sam Bennett

C. Aubrey Smith

Walter Forsythe

May Whitty

Nanny

Gladys Cooper

Jean Ashwood

Peter Lawford

John Ashwood II as a Young Man

John Warburton

Reggie Ashwood

Jill Esmond

Rosamund

Brenda Forbes

Gwennie

Norma Varden

Mrs. Bland

Matthew Boulton

Immigration Officer (uncredited)

Edmund Breon

Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)

Clifford Brooke

Indian Major in Boardinghouse (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Captain Davis (uncredited)

Clyde Cook

Jennings (uncredited)

Alec Craig

Billings (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)

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)

Stuart Holmes

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

Farmer Ben Kenney (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)

Lal Chand Mehra

Indian Student in Boardinghouse (uncredited)

Gavin Muir

Captain Griffiths (uncredited)

Ottola Nesmith

Orderly in Hospital (uncredited)

J. Pat O'Malley

Martin (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)

Harry Allen

English Cabbie (uncredited)

Wilson Benge

Chauffeur (uncredited)

Eldon Burkett

Twin in Boardinghouse (uncredited)

Elton Burkett

Twin in Boardinghouse (uncredited)

Bobby Callahan

Messenger Boy (uncredited)

Ann Curzon

Miss Lambert (uncredited)

Bunny Gordon

John Ashford II at 6 Months Old (uncredited)

Vera Graaff

Duchess of Waverly (uncredited)

Keith Hitchcock

Duke of Waverly (uncredited)

George Kirby

Old Man (uncredited)

Emily Massey

Elegant Lady in Boardinghouse (uncredited)

James Menzies

Mike (uncredited)

Leo Mostovoy

Bandmaster in Dieppe (uncredited)

Norbert Müller

Dietrich von Biesterburg (uncredited)

Steven Muller

Gerhard von Biesterburg (uncredited)

Jean Prescott

Mrs. Kenney (uncredited)

John Rogers

Southampton Porter (uncredited)

Mabel Row

French Maid in Dieppe (uncredited)

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