A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win total
- Chemist
- (uncredited)
- Jeannie
- (uncredited)
- Stripey
- (uncredited)
- Minnie
- (uncredited)
- Sailor Singing 'Daisy, Daisy'
- (uncredited)
- ARP Warden
- (uncredited)
- Commander
- (uncredited)
- Introduction - USA Version
- (uncredited)
- Petty Officer
- (uncredited)
- Mr. Staines
- (uncredited)
- Mrs. Hemmings
- (uncredited)
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Meg
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaUniforms worn by the characters are 100% correct. Cathy's W.R.E.N. uniform, when she joins, has the pre-1942 soft cap. Toward the end, it is updated to the correct later-style cap. When working with her boat crew, she wears the correct men's bell bottoms and white top, and the lanyard with knife. Elena, the nurse, wears a correct tropical dress white uniform of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, with white tippet (short cape).
- GoofsIn the beginning, Robert rips the page off a calendar exposing the page for Wednesday, April 4, 1940. That date fell on a Thursday. It is the correct day, though, for 1945 -- the year the movie was produced.
- Quotes
Robert Wilson: You've certainly got the view you always wanted.
Cathy Wilson: Miles and miles of it. But oh, Robert, the desolation!
Robert Wilson: Poor old London. Well, we'll just have to build it up again.
Cathy Wilson: It will take years and years.
Robert Wilson: But what of that, Cathy? We're young.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Bhowani Junction (1956)
As is often the case I was drawn to it by the names - Robert Donat, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns and Alexander Korda. How can you go wrong? I learned later that this was the flick that made Kerr a star, and understandably so. Glynis Johns is always a delight to the eye.
The story line - a humdrum couple separated and transformed by the war - sounds like the makings for a pretty humdrum soap opera, but the script is very well done and involves us in the stories of these two people as they drift away from each other (or so they think).
The great Alexander Korda's direction is spot on and masterful. Particularly impressive are the cutaway shots from husband to wife as each of them travels home to meet each other on leave after 3 years apart from each other, he in the Navy, she in the Wrens (Britain's naval corps for women). We learn from their conversations with their traveling companions about their apprehensions about reuniting. The scene where they face each other with their doubts is shot completely in the dark, a master stroke, reflecting the fact that they really don't know each other anymore.
It's also a very good snapshot of wartime life in Britain.
Incidentally, it seems the film was originally released in a longer version titled "Perfect Strangers."
Altogether a wonderful find. Thank you Turner Classic Movies.
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- Separación peligrosa
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- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1