72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Volunteer

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
     24 m.
Synopsis
A recruitment promotion film for the Fleet Air Arm, which capitalised on The Archers' friendship with Ralph Richardson, already serving as a pilot, and contrasted to comic, almost surreal, effect his prewar life as an actor with active service on an aircraft carrier.
Director
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Screenplay
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Photography
Freddie Ford
Edition
Michael C. Chorlton
Music
Allan Gray
Cast
Ralph Richardson (Ralph Richardson), Pat McGrath (Fred Davey), Laurence Olivier, Michael Powell
Running Time
24 m.
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