The Stars Look Down
The Stars Look Down

The Stars Look Down

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1940
1h 50m
6.4(26 votes)
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.

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36 members
Acting

Michael Redgrave

Davey Fenwick

Michael Redgrave
Acting

Margaret Lockwood

Jenny Sunley

Margaret Lockwood
Acting

Emlyn Williams

Joe Gowlan

Emlyn Williams
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Nancy Price

Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother

Nancy Price
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Allan Jeayes

Richard Barras - the mine owner

Allan Jeayes
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Edward Rigby

Robert Fenwick - Davey's father

Edward Rigby
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Desmond Tester

Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother

Desmond Tester
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David Markham

Arthur Barras - Barras' son

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Cecil Parker

Stanley Millington

Cecil Parker
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Linden Travers

Mrs. Laura Millington

Linden Travers
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Milton Rosmer

Harry Nugent, MP

Milton Rosmer
Acting

George Carney

Slogger Gowlan

George Carney
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Ivor Barnard

Wept

Ivor Barnard
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Olga Lindo

Mrs. Sunley

Olga Lindo
Acting

Aubrey Mallalieu

Hudspeth

Aubrey Mallalieu
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Kynaston Reeves

Strother

Kynaston Reeves
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Clive Baxter

Pat Reedy

Clive Baxter
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James Harcourt

Will

James Harcourt
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Frederick Burtwell

Union Official

Frederick Burtwell
Acting

Dorothy Hamilton

Mrs. Reedy

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Frank Atkinson

Miner

Frank Atkinson
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David Horne

Mr. Wilkins

David Horne
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Edmund Willard

Mr. Ramage

Edmund Willard
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Ben Williams

Harry Brace

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Scott Harrold

Headmaster Strother

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Lionel Barrymore

Narrator (U.S. release only) (voice)

Lionel Barrymore
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Howard Douglas

Miner at Rescue

Howard Douglas
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Cameron Hall

Cinema Commissionaire

Cameron Hall
Acting

Bryan Herbert

Man Outside Football Ground

Bryan Herbert
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Vincent Holman

1st Arresting Policeman

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Roddy Hughes

Union Committee Member

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Mike Johnson

Looting Miner

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Vi Kaley

Old Woman at Looting

Vi Kaley
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Laurence Kitchin

Dickie - Butcher's Boy

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Charles Rolfe

2nd Arresting Policeman

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D.J. Williams

Union Committee Chairman

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