The Stars Look Down (1940)

6.6/10 110 min Drama

Overview

Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.

Cast

Michael Redgrave

Davey Fenwick

Margaret Lockwood

Jenny Sunley

Emlyn Williams

Joe Gowlan

Nancy Price

Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother

Allan Jeayes

Richard Barras - the mine owner

Edward Rigby

Robert Fenwick - Davey's father

Desmond Tester

Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother

Cecil Parker

Stanley Millington

Linden Travers

Mrs. Laura Millington

Milton Rosmer

Harry Nugent, MP

George Carney

Slogger Gowlan

Ivor Barnard

Wept

Olga Lindo

Mrs. Sunley

Aubrey Mallalieu

Hudspeth

Kynaston Reeves

Strother

Clive Baxter

Pat Reedy

James Harcourt

Will

Frederick Burtwell

Union Official

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