Film

Give Us the Moon

1944 · 1h 35m · Comedy

IMDb

5.7

Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).

Margaret Lockwood

Nina

Vic Oliver

Sascha

Peter Graves

Peter Pyke

Roland Culver

Ferdinand

Jean Simmons

Heidi

Eliot Makeham

Dumka

Iris Lang

Tania

George Relph

Otto

Max Bacon

Jacobus

Gibb McLaughlin

Marcel

Irene Handl

Miss Haddock

Henry Hewitt

Announcer

Alan Keith

Raphael

Frank Cellier

Pyke

John Salew

George Merritt

• Val GuestDirector · Writer
• Caryl BrahmsNovel
• S.J. SimonNovel
• Edward BlackProducer
• Phil GrindrodDirector of Photography
• Bob BusbyOriginal Music Composer
• R. E. DearingEditor

Release date

July 31, 1944

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Comedy