
Johnny in the Clouds (1945)
The Way to the Stars
Thrills in the sky ! and romance below ...
87 min
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
- Release date
- June 16, 1945
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Where to watch
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Cast
- Michael Redgrave as David Archdale
- John Mills as Peter Penrose
- Rosamund John as Miss Todd
- Douglass Montgomery as Johnny Hollis
- Renée Asherson as Iris Winterton
- Stanley Holloway as Mr Palmer
- Basil Radford as Tiny Williams
- Felix Aylmer as Rev. Charles Moss
- Bonar Colleano as Joe Friselli
- Joyce Carey as Miss Winterton
- Trevor Howard as Squadron Leader Carter
- Nicholas Stuart as Colonel Rogers
- Bill Owen as Sgt. 'Nobby' Clarke
- Jean Simmons as A Singer
- Johnnie Schofield as Jones
- Charles Victor as Corporal Fitter
- David Tomlinson as 'Prune' Parsons
- Hartley Power as Colonel Page
- Vida Hope as Elsie
- Hugh Dempster as 'Tinker' Bell
- Charles Farrell as American Orderly
- Anthony Dawson as Bertie Steen
- Murray Matheson as Joe Lawson
- John McLaren as 'Cheerio' Chester
- Jacqueline Clarke as Waitress
- Alf Goddard as PT Instructor
- Caven Watson as RAF Corporal
Crew
- Anthony Asquith · Director
- Terence Rattigan · Writer
- Anatole de Grunwald · Writer
- Richard Sherman · Writer
- John Pudney · Writer
- Anatole de Grunwald · Producer
- Nicholas Brodszky · Composer
- Derick Williams · Cinematographer
- Fergus McDonell · Editor