A really strong ensemble cast get together for this wartime drama that sees the posh "Prudence" (Joan Fontaine) sign up to join the Women's Auxiliary Army Force - much to the chagrin of her old-soldier father Henry Stephenson. Not long into her new career, her pals set her up on a date with the handsome "Briggs" (Tyrone Power) and she is soon smitten. Snag is, her new beau has a bit of a secret and that could send…
He's lost his belief in everything but love.
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.
Top Cast
Tyrone Power
Clive Briggs
Joan Fontaine
Prudence Cathaway
Thomas Mitchell
"Monty" Montague
Henry Stephenson
General Cathaway
Nigel Bruce
Ramsbottom
Gladys Cooper
Iris Cathaway
Philip Merivale
Dr. Roger Cathaway
Sara Allgood
Waitress
Alexander Knox
Rector
Queenie Leonard
Violet Worthing
Melville Cooper
Wilbur
Jill Esmond
Nurse Emily Harvey
Holmes Herbert
Dr. Mathias
John Abbott
Joe
Arthur Shields
Hospital Chaplain
Dennis Hoey
Parsons
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What is This Above All about?
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel.…
When was This Above All released?
This Above All was released in 1942.
What genres does This Above All belong to?
This Above All is categorised as Drama, Romance, War.
Who stars in This Above All?
The cast of This Above All includes Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Stephenson, Nigel Bruce.