

19/02/2017
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.

Gemma Arterton
as Catrin Cole

Sam Claflin
as Tom Buckley

Bill Nighy
as Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank

Jack Huston
as Ellis Cole

Helen McCrory
as Sophie Smith

Eddie Marsan
as Sammy Smith

Jake Lacy
as Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan

Rachael Stirling
as Phyl Moore

Henry Goodman
as Gabriel Baker

Paul Ritter
as Raymond Parfitt

Richard E. Grant
as Roger Swain

Nicholas Murchie
as Bus Conductor

Amanda Root
as Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)

Patrick Gibson
as Rex, the Clapper Loader

Darren Clarke
as The Gaffer

Ed Birch
as Walter, the Director (Careless Talk Film)

Lissa Evans
as Make-up Woman (Careless Talk Film)

Richard Bevan
as Mr Richards (Dubbing Editor)

Gaby Chiappe
as Dolly (Carrot Film)

Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
as Mabel (Carrot Film)

Francesca Knight
as Lily Starling

Bella Ava Georgiou
as Pearl (Girl on the Tube)

Alfie Stewart
as Soldier on the Tube

Mossie Smith
as Female Warden

Jay Simpson
as Alf Reynolds

Frances Jeater
as Spitfires Collector

Claudia Jessie
as Doris Cleavley / Lily

Stephanie Hyam
as Angela Ralli-Thomas / Rose

Richard Syms
as Head Waiter

Natalia Ryumina
as Muriel (Ellis's Friend)

Rebecca Saire
as Mortuary Nurse

Jeremy Irons
as Secretary of War

Miles Richardson
as Movietone Newsreader

Gordon Brown
as Chick, the 1st AD

Julia Lewis
as The Make-Up Artist

Liliana Gane
as The Wardrobe Mistress

Hubert Burton
as Wyndham Best / Johnnie (the Hero)

Michael Marcus
as Alex, the Director

Stephen Boswell
as War Widows Collector

Feline Allentoft
as Wyndham Best's Girlfriend

Ellie Haddington
as Catrin's Landlady

Florence Woolley
as Corona Cinema Usherette

Joanna Brookes
as Woman in Corona

Patrick Osborne
as Soldier in Corona

Cathy Murphy
as Vee (uncredited)

Emma Cunniffe
as Ettie (uncredited)

Clive Russell
as Mr. Starling (uncredited)

Letty Butler
as First Waitress (uncredited)

Nell Barlow
as Second Waitress (uncredited)

Steve Carroll
as Boom Operator (uncredited)

Katie Jackson
as Secretary to Mr. Swain (uncredited)

Lee Whitlock
as Man in Pub (uncredited)

Lily Knight
as Rose Starling
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