Give Us the Moon
Give Us the Moon
Release: 1944-07-31
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 6.2
Comedy
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Gainsborough Pictures
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast
Margaret Lockwood
as Nina
Eliot Makeham
as Dumka
Gibb McLaughlin
as Marcel
Frank Cellier
as Pyke
Roland Culver
as Ferdinand
Irene Handl
as Miss Haddock
Vic Oliver
as Sascha
George Relph
as Otto
John Salew
Harry Fowler
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Charles Paton
as (uncredited)
Victor Rietti
as Maître d (uncredited)
Peter Graves
as Peter Pyke
Jean Simmons
as Heidi
Max Bacon
as Jacobus
Henry Hewitt
as Announcer
George Merritt
