7.5
“FROM THE PEN OF "THE CITADEL'S" BOLD AUTHOR!”
The Stars Look Down (1940)
January 22, 19401h 50mEN
6.6
27 votes
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.
Director
Carol ReedWriters
Where to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Free
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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N/A
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Production Companies
Grafton Films
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7.0Michael Redgrave is the local boy done good, when he wins a scholarship to go to university to train to be a teacher. Unfortunately, he has fallen in love with the rather fickle "Jenny" (Margaret Lockwood) who has a bit of a venal streak. Curtailing his studies, he returns to live with her in his boyhood town intent on improving the lot of his community - but he is soon disillusioned when he sees his wife still keen on her flashy old flame "Joe" (Emlyn Williams) and that his elderly father looks set to have to work the mines for years to come... He accidentally discovers that the mine is unsaf…
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