Those Kids from Town is a 1942 British black-and-white, comedy-drama propaganda film directed by Lance Comfort and starring George Cole, Harry Fowler, Percy Marmont, Ronald Shiner and Charles Victorm It was produced by Richard Vernon and presented by British National Films and Anglo-American Film Corporation. It was adapted for the screen by Adrian Alington from his 1940 novel These Our Strangers, and deals with the experiences of a group of wartime evacuee children from London, sent to safety in a rural village, and their interaction with the host community. Of the juvenile actors involved, Fowler and Cole would go on to successful adult careers.
Those Kids from Town (1942)
Directed by Lance Comfort
Genres - Comedy, Comedy Drama, War |
Sub-Genres - Comedy Drama, Propaganda Film |
Run Time - 82 min. |
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1942, British, Comedy-drama, Host Community, Juvenile Actors, London, Propaganda Film, Rural Village, These Our Strangers, War Film, Wartime Evacuee Children
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Subject: World War II
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Those Kids from Town
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