Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a British ship can sink it. He becomes a hero, but at what cost?
- 5.8
- 1935
- Released
- 1h 10m
Betty Balfour
Elizabeth Brown
John Mills
Albert Brown
Barry MacKay
Lt. Somerville
Jimmy Hanley
Ginger
Howard Marion-Crawford
Max
H.G. Stoker
Capt. HoltPercy Walsh
Kapitan von Lutz
George Merritt
William Brown
Cyril Smith
William Brown, Jr.Charles Childerstone
Noel Birkin
Victor Fairley
Released
en
- #based on novel or book
- #world war i
- #royal navy
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C.S. Forester was wonderful at writing evocative seafaring yarns and this is one of his better stories. The film starts with couple of strangers who meet on a train and end up missing their connection and spending a few days together. Advance a few years and a powerful Nazi raider sinks a British warship and picks up the survivors. For one of them - "Albert Brown" (John Mills) the war isn't over a