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
Ian Fleming
as Schoolmaster
Katie Johnson
as Miss Pyman
Niall MacGinnis
as Jimmy Bancroft
Jean Gillie
as Nancy Forester
Brefni O'Rorke
as Uncle Arthur
George Carney
as Whimbrel
Wylie Watson
as Crasker
Marjorie Rhodes
as Mrs. Pickering
Vida Hope
as Railway Porter (uncredited)
Lucie Mannheim
as Russian Sniper
John Salew
as Pickering
Ernest Butcher
as Tommy Fairchild
Johnnie Schofield
as Sergeant Dawkins
Rosamund John
as Hazel Broome
Grey Blake
as Captain Dawson
Gordon McLeod
as Phillipson (uncredited)
Bernard Miles
as Colonel Barton-Barrington