
Fan Service Month continues with a second look at a 1942 British film that was largely ignored at the time but has since come to be regarded as a stone cold classic. The inspiration for The Eagle Has Landed, it sees English villagers fight off Nazis disguised as British soldiers. Can there be anything more fun that watching Thora Hird pick up a rifle? We're joined by Prof Jonathan Boff of Birmingham University, to talk about what the film reveals about Britain, then and now.Next week: The Way Ahead.Coming in September, a mailbag episode! Send questions and suggestions to warmovietheatre@gmail.com.Merch! Our film list: https://warmovietheatre.comVisit us at facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre or on Bluesky and Twitter or at our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Hunt For Red October

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

Postbag Episode

The Way Ahead - with Mark Wallace and George Cochrane
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