The Foreman Went to France

"Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment."

Cast

Clifford Evans

as Fred Carrick

Constance Cummings

as Anne Stafford

Tommy Trinder

as Tommy Hoskins

Gordon Jackson

as Alastair 'Jock' MacFarlan, 19th Fusillers

Robert Morley

as Mayor Coutare of Bivary

Owen Reynolds

as Collins, Burns & Fawcett Works Manager

Bill Blewitt

as Aircraft Spotter on Works Roof

Charles Victor

as Aircraft Spotter

John Williams

as 'English' Army Captain

Anthony Ainley

as Boy

Ronald Adam

as Sir Charles Fawcett, Managing Director

Anita Palacine

as La Tour Barmaid

Ernest Milton

as Stationmaster in La Tour

Paul Bonifas

as Prefect of Rouville

Francis L. Sullivan

as French Skipper

Thora Hird

as Barmaid

Mervyn Johns

as Official, Passport Office

Eric Maturin

as Older Man

John Boxer

as Official

Crew

Charles Frend

Director

J. B. Priestley

Story

Angus MacPhail

Screenplay

John Dighton

Screenplay

Leslie Arliss

Screenplay

Michael Balcon

Producer

Wilkie Cooper

Director of Photography

Robert Hamer

Editor

Thomas N. Morahan

Art Direction

Len Page

Sound Recordist

Ernest Irving

Music Director

Alberto Cavalcanti

Associate Producer

John Croydon

Production Manager

Ronald Brantford

Assistant Director

Cecil Cooney

Camera Operator

Eddie Orton

Still Photographer

Daphne Heathcote

Continuity

William Walton

Original Music Composer