Give Us the Moon (1944)

6.9/10 95 min Comedy

Overview

Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).

Cast

Margaret Lockwood

Nina

Vic Oliver

Sascha

Peter Graves

Peter Pyke

Roland Culver

Ferdinand

Jean Simmons

Heidi

Eliot Makeham

Dumka

George Relph

Otto

Max Bacon

Jacobus

Gibb McLaughlin

Marcel

Irene Handl

Miss Haddock

Henry Hewitt

Announcer

Frank Cellier

Pyke

John Salew

George Merritt

Harry Fowler

Bellboy (uncredited)

Charles Paton

(uncredited)

Victor Rietti

Maître d (uncredited)

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