72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Lion Has Wings

Michael Powell, Desmond Hurst, Adrian Brunel, (Alexander Korda)
     76 m.
Synopsis
A morale raiser, quickly devised and made under Korda's leadership, with Richardson as an RAF officer contemplating the struggle ahead, intercut with documentary material contrasting German regimentation and British tradition, reconstruction of early fighting, training material, and an extract from Fire Over England (William K. Howard, 1937), with Flora Robson as Elizabeth I.
Director
Michael Powell, Desmond Hurst, Adrian Brunel, (Alexander Korda)
Screenplay
Adrian Brunel, E. V. H. Emmett
Photography
Osmond Borradaile, Harry Stradling, Bernard Browne
Edition
Henry Cornelius, Charles Frend
Music
Richard Addinsell
Cast
Ralph Richardson (Wing Cdr. Richardson), Merle Oberon (Mrs. Richardson), June Duprez (June), Robert Douglas (Briefing Officer)
Running Time
76 m.
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