Tawny Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Release: 1944-04-28
·Runtime: 81m
·★ 6.2
Drama
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Two Cities Films
Cast
Stuart Latham
as Corporal Philpotts
Johnnie Schofield
as Sergeant Dawkins
Vida Hope
as Railway Porter (uncredited)
Jean Gillie
as Nancy Forester
George Carney
as Whimbrel
Grey Blake
as Captain Dawson
Ian Fleming
as Schoolmaster
Gordon McLeod
as Phillipson (uncredited)
Bernard Miles
as Colonel Barton-Barrington
Rosamund John
as Hazel Broome
Marjorie Rhodes
as Mrs. Pickering
John Salew
as Pickering
Lucie Mannheim
as Russian Sniper
Brefni O'Rorke
as Uncle Arthur
Wylie Watson
as Crasker
Katie Johnson
as Miss Pyman
Niall MacGinnis
as Jimmy Bancroft
Ernest Butcher
as Tommy Fairchild