The Stars Look Down
FROM THE PEN OF "THE CITADEL'S" BOLD AUTHOR!
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
110 min
Release Date
1940-01-22
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
26
Vote Average
6.4
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
David Markham
Arthur Barras - Barras' son
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
Dorothy Hamilton
Mrs. Reedy
Frank Atkinson
Miner
David Horne
Mr. Wilkins
Edmund Willard
Mr. Ramage
Ben Williams
Harry Brace
Scott Harrold
Headmaster Strother
Lionel Barrymore
Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)
Howard Douglas
Miner at Rescue
Cameron Hall
Cinema Commissionaire
Bryan Herbert
Man Outside Football Ground
Vincent Holman
1st Arresting Policeman
Roddy Hughes
Union Committee Member
Mike Johnson
Looting Miner
Vi Kaley
Old Woman at Looting
Laurence Kitchin
Dickie - Butcher's Boy
Charles Rolfe
2nd Arresting Policeman
D.J. Williams
Union Committee Chairman
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