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1944
1h 30m

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Two penniless sisters decide to let part of their inherited estate be used as an airbase for the U.S. military.Two penniless sisters decide to let part of their inherited estate be used as an airbase for the U.S. military.Two penniless sisters decide to let part of their inherited estate be used as an airbase for the U.S. military.

Director
- Leslie S. Hiscott
Writers
- Noel Streatfeild
- Jack Whittingham
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5.6/10

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Director
- Leslie S. Hiscott
Writers
- Noel Streatfeild
- Jack Whittingham
Stars

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In January of 2016, BFI announced the completion of a re-cut, truncated version of this once entirely lost film. Actress Peggy Cummins was able to view it for her 90th birthday, saying "I am absolutely delighted to be able to see this early film of mine again. It was at a key stage in my career and it was very important to me. I am very pleased that the film has been brought back to the BFI. I'm also very grateful for the effort the BFI has gone to in order to bring the film back to the screen."

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5/10

Our Gallant American Allies

An offbeat wartime film reflecting Britain's nervousness about the Americans soon due to arrive en masse on these shores ("has the gentleman ever spoken of marriage?").

It was given more fanciful treatment after the war was safely over in 'A Matter of Life and Death'; while the title anticipates the postwar Spanish comedy about the Marshall Plan, 'Bienvenido, Mr Marshall' (1952).

Here the tone - reflected in Erwin Hillier' moody photography - is surprisingly dark (for which the gallumphingly hearty music strains hard to compensate) and local antagonists Roy Emerton and Martita Hunt a rather sinister pair. But Barbara Mullen and the late Peggy Cummins make attractively offbeat leads, if unlikely sisters.