The White Cliffs of Dover
The White Cliffs of Dover
Release: 1944-05-11
·Runtime: 126m
·★ 6.7
Drama
War
Romance
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Gladys Cooper
as Jean Ashwood
Brenda Forbes
as Gwennie
Kay Deslys
as Blonde Woman (uncredited)
Gary Gray
as Boy at Dinner Table (uncredited)
Clyde Cook
as Jennings (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
as British Naval Officer (uncredited)
Adolf E. Licho
as Frenchman at Dieppe Train Station (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
as Plump Lady at Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Gavin Muir
as Captain Griffiths (uncredited)
Arthur Shields
as Benson (uncredited)
Gerald Hamer
as Private (uncredited)
June Lockhart
as Betsy Kenney at Age 18 (uncredited)
Lal Chand Mehra
as Indian Student in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
as Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited)
C. Aubrey Smith
as Walter Forsythe
May Whitty
as Nanny
Edmund Breon
as Rupert Bancroft (uncredited)
Clifford Brooke
as Indian Major in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Tom Drake
as Dying American Soldier (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
as Footman (uncredited)
Douglas Grant
as Corporal (uncredited)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
as Madam at Dieppe Hotel (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
as The Vicar (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
as Captain Davis (uncredited)
George Davis
as Boots (uncredited)
Isobel Elsom
as Mrs. Bancroft (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Vernon Downing
as Lieutenant Davis Herrick (uncredited)
Molly Lamont
as Helen Hampton (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith
as Orderly in Hospital (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
as Guest in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
J. Pat O'Malley
as Martin (uncredited)
Frank Morgan
as Hiram Porter Dunn
Jill Esmond
as Rosamund
Arthur Gould-Porter
as Captain Portage (uncredited)
Miles Mander
as Major Loring (uncredited)
Anita Sharp-Bolster
as Miller (uncredited)
Van Johnson
as Sam Bennett
Matthew Boulton
as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Ethel Griffies
as Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
as Skipper of Honeymoon Boat (uncredited)
Emily Fitzroy
as Spinster in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Roddy McDowall
as John Ashwood II as a Boy
John Warburton
as Reggie Ashwood
Irene Dunne
as Susan Dunn
Norma Varden
as Mrs. Bland
Alan Marshal
as John Ashwood
Peter Lawford
as John Ashwood II as a Young Man
Franklyn Farnum
as Ball Guest (uncredited)
Alec Craig
as Billings (uncredited)
Guy D'Ennery
as Curate in Boardinghouse (uncredited)
Joy Harington
as Nurse Margaret (uncredited)
