For Freedom (1940 film)

For the EP by Avalon, see For Freedom (EP).

1940 British film

For Freedom

Directed by|

* Maurice Elvey
* Castleton Knight

Written by|

* Leslie Arliss
* Miles Malleson

Produced by|

* Edward Black
* Maurice Ostrer
* Castleton Knight

Starring|

* Will Fyffe
* Anthony Hulme
* Guy Middleton

Cinematography| Arthur Crabtree
Edited by|

* R.E. Dearing
* Alfred Roome

Music by|

* Walter Goehr
* Louis Levy

Production
company

Gainsborough Pictures

Distributed by| General Film Distributors

Release date

* 4 May 1940 (1940-05-04)

Running time

| 87 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

For Freedom is a 1940 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and Castleton Knight. It was made largely for propaganda purposes during the Second World War. It features Will Fyffe, Guy Middleton, and Terry-Thomas.[1][2] Through its blending of fiction and documentary it was similar to The Lion Has Wings produced by Alexander Korda's London Films.

The film portrays the early events of the war, particularly the Battle of the River Plate, from the point of view of a British newsreel production company.

## Cast

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* Will Fyffe as Chief
* Anthony Hulme as Steve
* E.V.H. Emmett as Ted
* Guy Middleton as Pierre
* Albert Lieven as Fritz
* Hugh McDermott as Sam
* Arthur Goullet as Ivan
* Terry-Thomas as Newsreader
* Captain Dove as himself
* Captain Pottinger as himself
* First Officer Murphy as himself
* Engineer Walker as himself
* Engineer Angel as himself
* John Ernest Harper as himself

## References

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1. ^ BFI
2. ^ "Movie Supplement The Navy is Here—and Invincible!". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 2214\. Western Australia. 30 June 1940. p. 2 (Motion Pictures). Retrieved 26 October 2017 - via National Library of Australia.

## Bibliography

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* Chapman, James. The British at War: Cinema, State, and Propaganda, 1939-1945. I.B. Tauris Publishers, 1998.

## External links

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* For Freedom at IMDb

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Films directed by Maurice Elvey

Silent films|

* Maria Marten (1913)
* The Suicide Club (1914)
* The Loss of the Birkenhead (1914)
* Her Luck in London (1914)
* The Idol of Paris (1914)
* There's Good in Everyone (1915)
* Honeymoon for Three (1915)
* Gilbert Gets Tiger-It is (1915)
* Midshipman Easy (1915)
* Gilbert Dying to Die (1915)
* Florence Nightingale (1915)
* From Shopgirl to Duchess (1915)
* Her Nameless Child (1915)
* Home (1915)
* Love in a Wood (1915)
* Fine Feathers (1915)
* Charity Ann (1915)
* A Will of Her Own (1915)
* Meg the Lady (1916)
* Esther (1916)
* Driven (1916)
* Vice Versa (1916)
* Money for Nothing (1916)
* When Knights Were Bold (1916)
* Trouble for Nothing (1916)
* The Princess of Happy Chance (1916)
* The King's Daughter (1916)
* Mother Love (1916)
* Smith (1917)
* The Grit of a Jew (1917)
* The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917)
* Justice (1917)
* The Gay Lord Quex (1917)
* Flames (1917)
* Mary Girl (1917)
* Hindle Wakes (1918)
* The Greatest Wish in the World (1918)
* Goodbye (1918)
* Adam Bede (1918)
* The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918)
* Nelson (1918)
* Comradeship (1919)
* Quinneys (1919)
* Keeper of the Door (1919)
* Dombey and Son (1919)
* The Rocks of Valpre (1919)
* God's Good Man (1919)
* Mr. Wu (1919)
* The Swindler (1919)
* The Elusive Pimpernel (1919)
* Bleak House (1920)
* The Amateur Gentleman (1920)
* At the Villa Rose (1920)
* The Hundredth Chance (1920)
* A Question of Trust (1920)
* The Tavern Knight (1920)
* The Victory Leaders (1920)
* Innocent (1921)
* A Gentleman of France (1921)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
* The Fruitful Vine (1921)
* A Romance of Wastdale (1921)
* The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921)
* The Passionate Friends (1922)
* Running Water (1922)
* Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922)
* A Debt of Honour (1922)
* The Wandering Jew (1923)
* The Sign of Four (1923)
* Guy Fawkes (1923)
* The Royal Oak (1923)
* Sally Bishop (1923)
* Don Quixote (1923)
* Henry, King of Navarre (1924)
* Slaves of Destiny (1924)
* The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924)
* My Husband's Wives (1924)
* Folly of Vanity (1924)
* Curlytop (1924)
* She Wolves (1925)
* Every Man's Wife (1925)
* The Woman Tempted (1926)
* The Flag Lieutenant (1926)
* Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1926)
* Roses of Picardy (1927)
* Tragedy of a Marriage (1927)
* Hindle Wakes (1927)
* The Flight Commander (1927)
* Quinneys (1927)
* The Glad Eye (1927)
* Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928)
* Balaclava (1928)
* Palais de danse (1928)
* You Know What Sailors Are (1928)
* High Treason (1929)

Sound films|

* The School for Scandal (1930)
* Potiphar's Wife (1931)
* Sally in Our Alley (1931)
* A Honeymoon Adventure (1931)
* Frail Women (1932)
* In a Monastery Garden (1932)
* The Marriage Bond (1932)
* The Water Gipsies (1932)
* Diamond Cut Diamond (1932)
* The Lodger (1932)
* The Lost Chord (1933)
* I Lived with You (1933)
* This Week of Grace (1933)
* Soldiers of the King (1933)
* Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
* Road House (1934)
* Lily of Killarney (1934)
* The Clairvoyant (1935)
* The Tunnel (1935)
* Heat Wave (1935)
* Spy of Napoleon (1936)
* The Man in the Mirror (1936)
* A Romance in Flanders (1937)
* Who Killed John Savage? (1937)
* Melody and Romance (1937)
* Change for a Sovereign (1937)
* Lightning Conductor (1938)
* Who Goes Next? (1938)
* The Return of the Frog (1938)
* Sword of Honour (1939)
* Sons of the Sea (1939)
* Under Your Hat (1940)
* The Spider (1940)
* For Freedom (1940)
* Room for Two (1940)
* Salute John Citizen (1942)
* The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
* Medal for the General (1944)
* Strawberry Roan (1945)
* Beware of Pity (1946)
* The Third Visitor (1951)
* The Late Edwina Black (1951)
* My Wife's Lodger (1952)
* The Great Game (1953)
* Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)
* House of Blackmail (1953)
* The Harassed Hero (1954)
* What Every Woman Wants (1954)
* The Gay Dog (1954)
* The Happiness of Three Women (1954)
* You Lucky People! (1955)
* Room in the House (1955)
* Fun at St. Fanny's (1956)
* Dry Rot (1956)
* Stars in Your Eyes (1956)
* Second Fiddle (1957)

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The films of Castleton Knight

Feature films|

* The Plaything (1929)
* The Flying Scotsman (1929)
* The Lady from the Sea (1929)
* Kissing Cup's Race (1930)
* For Freedom (1940)

Documentaries|

* A Queen Is Crowned (1953)

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