The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again. American expatriate Tim Whelan was the directorial hand who kept the various plot threads from entangling, while another Hollywood vet, James Wong Howe, manned the cameras. The film became instantly dated with the advent of World War II, but in its own time Farewell Again was a box-office smash. The film was issued in the US as Troopship.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Tim WhelanDirector
- Clemence DaneWriter
- Ian HayWriter
- Patrick KirwanWriter
- Henry KosterWriter
- Wolfgang WilhelmWriter
- Richard AddinsellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Leslie BanksCol. Harry Blair
- Flora RobsonLucy Blair
- Sebastian ShawCapt. Gilbert Reed
- Patricia HilliardNurse Ann Harrison
- Robert CochranCarlisle Smith
- Anthony BushellRoddy Hammond
- Rène RayElsie Wainwright
- Robert NewtonJim Carter
- Leonora CorbettLady Joan
- J.H. RobertsDr. Pearson
- Eliot MakehamMaj. Swayle
- Martita HuntAdela Swayle