As much about Powell's Kent as it is the effects of war, medieval history, religion, loves and losses. A story of friendship, a detective story, a comedy, a history lesson, a fantasy.
I love it when you know a film so well you can recognise and appreciate just a single, incidental shot. One of them is in this, when the tank drives towards the camera then pulls a sharp right, the camera panning slightly to follow it - it's full of energy. And the 'halo' on the train.
Notes:
The £500 John Sweet received as his fee he donated to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. On the Carlton DVD release he's called 'John Smith'!
The US release cut some scenes and introduced a new beginning in New York with Sweet married, to Kim Hunter. The film was then reconstructed as a flashback.
The interior of the Cathedral was built at Denham Studios (as were the bells) by Alfred Junge, though Powell and Hillier did sneak a few interior shots whilst 'fact finding'! Desmond Dickinson was an uncredited camera operator.
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| "You can't hurry an elm!" |
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| Never noticed the sleeper before |
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