Film · Drama
Tawny Pipit (1944)
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
- Director
- Bernard Miles, Charles Saunders
- Writers
- Bernard Miles, Charles Saunders
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- April 28, 1944
Cast
Bernard MilesColonel Barton-Barrington
Rosamund JohnHazel Broome
Niall MacGinnisJimmy Bancroft
Jean GillieNancy Forester
Lucie MannheimRussian Sniper
Christopher SteeleReverend Kingsley- Brefni O'RorkeUncle Arthur
George CarneyWhimbrel
Wylie WatsonCrasker- Lyonel WattsSilver
- Scott HarroldShuttleworth
- Arthur BurneHambling
John SalewPickering
Marjorie RhodesMrs. Pickering- John RaeMcDougall
- Ann WiltonMiss Pennyman
Ernest ButcherTommy Fairchild
Grey BlakeCaptain Dawson
Stuart LathamCorporal Philpotts
Johnnie SchofieldSergeant Dawkins
