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The Stars Look Down is a 1935 novel by A. J. Cronin which chronicles various injustices in an English coal mining community. A film version was released in 1940, and television adaptations include both Italian (1971) and British (1975) versions.
- A. J. Cronin
- 1935
The Stars Look Down is a British film from 1940, based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel of the same title, about injustices in a mining town in North East England. The film, co-scripted by Cronin and directed by Carol Reed, stars Michael Redgrave as Davey Fenwick and Margaret Lockwood as Jenny Sunley.
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Local boy Davey Fenwick (Michael Redgrave) goes off to attend university, with hopes of helping his home town in the political arena, but he returns as a...
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- Michael Redgrave
- Carol Reed
- Drama
The smart David Fenwick gets a scholarship to university, meets a girl who only marries him because her former boyfriend has abandoned her, and eventually returns to the mine town as a teacher and...
- 101 min
- 49.5K
- Cult Cinema Classics
A film about a coal-mining strike in England, starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood. Davey Fenwick, a former miner's son, returns to his village as a teacher and faces the dilemma of his love and his duty.
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Feb 2, 2024 · In a small coal-mining village Bob Fenwick leads a strike over safety standards at the local colliery. Meanwhile his son, David, goes off to university with the hope one day to return to help the...
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