The Stars Look Down
Brief Synopsis
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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. Davey finds he is ill-at-ease in his role, the more so when he realises Jenny still loves her former boyfriend. When he finds that his father and the other miners are going to have to continue working on a possibly deadly coal seam he decides to act.
Cast & Crew
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Carol Reed
Director
Margaret Lockwood
Jenny Sunley
Michael Redgrave
David Fenwick; Davey Fenwick
Ivor Barnard
Wept
George Carney
Slogger Gowlan
Allan Jeayes
Richard Barras
Film Details
Also Known As
Stars Look Down
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1939
Distribution Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 50m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Synopsis
The parents of Davey Fenwick have labored long and hard so that their son can escape his grimy environs and make something of himself. While away at school, Davey is trapped into marriage by Jenny Sunley, previously the lady friend of ill-tempered Joe Gowlan. But when Jenny and Joe resume their romance, the disillusioned Davey returns home, where he becomes deeply involved in a labor dispute. He ultimately decides that it is best for all if he remains in the village of his birth, working tirelessly on behalf of his friends, relatives and neighbors.
Director
Carol Reed
Director
Cast
Margaret Lockwood
Jenny Sunley
Michael Redgrave
David Fenwick; Davey Fenwick
Ivor Barnard
Wept
George Carney
Slogger Gowlan
Allan Jeayes
Richard Barras
Olga Lindo
Mrs, Sunley
Aubrey Mallalieu
Hudspeth
David Markham
Arthur Barras
Cecil Parker
Stanley Millington
Nancy Price
Martha Fenwick
Kynaston Reeves
Strother
Edward Rigby
Robert Fenwick
Milton Rosmer
Harry Nugent
Desmond Tester
Hughie Fenwick
Linda Travers
Laura Millington
Emlyn Williams
Joe Gowlan
Clive Baxter
James Harcourt
Frederick Burtwell
Dorothy Hamilton
Frank Atkinson
David Horne
Edmund Willard
Ben Williams
Scott Harold
Crew
Reginald Beck
Editor
James A Carter
Production Design
A Coppel
Screenwriter
A J Cronin
Source Material (From Novel)
Norman Daines
Sound
V N Dean
Production Manager
Isadore Goldsmith
Producer
Henry Harry
Director Of Photography
Hal Mason
Assistant Director
Hans May
Music
Greenbaum Mutz
Director Of Photography
Victor Permane
Assistant Director
J. B. Williams
Screenwriter
Maurice J Wilson
Producer
Frederic Zelnik
Production Supervisor
Film Details
Also Known As
Stars Look Down
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
1939
Distribution Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 50m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1939
Released in United States 1939
