The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars is a 1945 British war drama film made by Two Cities Films. In the United States it was known as Johnny in the Clouds and distributed by United Artists.It was produced by Anatole de Grunwald and directed by Anthony Asquith. The screenplay was cowritten by noted dramatist, Terence Rattigan, as a significant reworking of his 1942 play Flare Path, which incorporated his Royal Air Force RAF experiences as a Flight Lieutenant. The film stars Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John and Stanley Holloway.

Pilot Officer Peter Penrose John Mills is posted in the summer of 1940 as a pilot to the fictional No. 720 Squadron, N at a new airfield, RAF Station Halfpenny Field, as a very green 15hour sprog Bristol Blenheim pilot and is assigned to B Flight, under Flight Lieutenant David Archdale Michael Redgrave.When No. 720 Squadrons commanding officer, Squadron Leader Carter Trevor Howard, in his second but first credited film role, is shot down, Archdale takes over. While Penrose develops into a firstclass pilot, he meets Iris Winterton Renee Asherson, a young woman staying with her domineering aunt at the Golden Lion pub in the nearby village. Archdale marries Miss Todd Rosamund John, the popular manageress of the hotel, who is known to everyone as Toddy. The Archdales later have a son, Peter. ........

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