Mary mulvane, an 18 year old irish girl, is transported to new south wales for seven years for doing little else than protecting her own property. If you are a fan of spy movies you should catch this one. Against the wind 1948 directed by charles crichton. Against the wind 1948 trivia 2 add new the title of the film is a quote from childe harolds pilgrimage by lord byron yet, freedom. The film is centered on the british special operations executive, a covert military branch that trains agents to operate behind enemy lines to sabotage german. Find similar and related movies for against the wind 1948 charles crichton on allmovie. You know, brief outline, thumbnail of cover and, if youre lucky, the back cover. This movie has the formula of a good spy thriller a hero or two, a heroine, a bad guy, a tyrant for a boss, and along the way a realistic and unexpected demise for some of the good guys. Against the wind 1948 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Against the wind 1948 movies, tv, celebs, and more. A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into belgium to blow up an office containing important nazi records and to rescue a prominent s. Against the wind on australian free to air tv in your area in the next 7 days or you may have disabled the corresponding channel in your icetv account. It is a historical drama portraying both the british rule of ireland, and the development of new south wales and australia. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Mar 29, 2012 this video was made purely for my own pleasure, and for that of other fans of jon english and the miniseries against the wind. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Against the wind movie posters from movie poster shop. Robert beatty, simone signoret, jack warner, paul dupuis, gis le pr ville, john slater, peter illing, charles crichton, against the wind 1948. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your rotten tomatoes account against an email address associated with a. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. A war time movie from the 40s that covers a different faction of the armed forces, and how they managed to deal with their.
Jon english won the logie award in 1979 for best new talent for his role in the miniseries as jonathan garrett. Against the wind 1948 england was still recovering from the devastation of world war ii when ealing studios began production on the resistance thriller against the wind 1948. I would love to make this page different to the countless dvd pages on against the wind that are out there in the cut and paste world that is the web. The series was filmed at old sydney town near sydney, and at warrandyte, colac and geelong. Against the wind film wikipedia republished wiki 2. Overview of against the wind, 1948, directed by charles crichton, with simone signoret, jack warner, robert beatty, at turner classic movies.
Regarder against the wind 1948 toutes les infos sur le film complet against the wind en francais, streaming gratuit, soustitres et audio dorigine. Set in world war ii times, this drama involves a highly trained bunch of british soldiers who must parachute. Elder wills is also credited with writing the original story for the movie. Against the wind is one of french actress simone signorets first starring roles. Like many small scale films of the era theres an informative almost propaganda like feel to against the wind which confirms its modest status against the bigger war movies to come. This will prevent them from rounding up jews, and members of the resistance in. If no channel is shown there may be no upcoming episodes of movie. It is an historical drama portraying both the british occupation of ireland, and the development of new south wales and australia. A motley crew is trained for a mission into nazi germany to blow up records and rescue a prisoner. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Against the wind is a blackandwhite british film directed by charles crichton and produced by michael balcon, released through ealing studios in 1948. The twist is a good one, but i imagine is much clearer signposted now knowing how against type it would prove to become.
She is aided and abetted by an able cast including robert beatty, jack warner and gordon jackson. Against the wind 1948 charles crichton related allmovie. Against the wind 1948 cast and crew a catholic priest robert beatty and a belgian expatriate simone signoret are among a select group of people chosen by the british for secret operations in. Against the wind is a 1978 australian television miniseries. Buy against the wind movie posters from movie poster shop.
Philip elliot, refugee belgian priest, reports to a secret school in london for spies and saboteurs behind german lines. To set recordings for the show when it airs click the schedule new recording link above. Against the wind not rated 1h 36min action, war, drama 26 june 1949 usa british agents engage in hazardous duty behind german lines. Against the wind 1948 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. After training, he and two others parachute into belgium to help destroy a records office. Against the wind 1948 a catholic priest robert beatty and a belgian expatriate simone signoret are among a select group of people chosen by. This movie is also interesting in that it is set in belgium, rather than france, as most british spy films from that period were. The film involves a group of spies lead by a priest who go into nazi held belgium in order to destroy a records office. Against the wind is a film directed by charles crichton with robert beatty, simone signoret, jack warner, gordon jackson, year. A catholic priest robert beatty and a belgian expatriate simone signoret are among a select group of people chosen by the british for secret operations in nazioccupied belgium during world. This video was made purely for my own pleasure, and for that of other fans of jon english and the miniseries against the wind. Against the wind 1948 directed by charles crichton genres action, spy film, war subgenres war drama release date feb 1, 1948 usa unknown run time 96 min. Set in world war ii times, this drama involves a highly trained bunch of british soldiers who must parachute into naziheld belgium on a rescue and destroy mission.
Against the wind is a war drama action film that was released in 1948 with the us release in 1949. Released as the second single from the album, it peaked at number 5 on the billboard hot 100. Against the wind is a world war ii sabotageresistance drama set in occupied belgium, starring robert beatty, jack warner and simone signoret in her first englishlanguage film role. Against the wind was released in london, england, in february 1948. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your rotten tomatoes account against an. Against the wind 1948 a catholic priest robert beatty and a belgian expatriate simone signoret are among a select group of people chosen by the british for secret operations in nazioccupied. Proficient enough ealing movie about the soe and their wwii operations.
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