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The White Cliffs of Dover

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The White Cliffs of Dover
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2hrs 6min
Genres:
War,Romance
Release:
1944
Directors:
Lumsden Hare, Clarence Brown
Starring:
Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Frank Morgan  ...more
Synopsis: The White Cliffs of Dover is one of those overlong MGM wartime films that everyone seems to have seen a part of, but no one can remember the film as a sum total. Based on a poem by Alice Duer Miller, the story chronicles the trials and tribulations of one courageous woman through two world wars. Irene Dunne plays an American girl who, in 1914, falls in love with titled Englishman Alan Marshal. At the end of World War 1 in 1918, it is painfully clear that Marshal will not be returning from the battlefields. ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
The White Cliffs of Dover undoubtedly struck very responsive chords with its audience when released in 1944. On a more modern take, Dover is decent entertainment, but the of-its-era tendency toward propaganda makes it less effective (and affecting) as a drama. The screenplay simply tries too hard, and the manipulations become wearing after a while, even though individual sequences are quite moving. ... Full Review
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Irene Dunne
Susan Dunn Ashwood
Alan Marshal
Sir John Ashwood
Frank Morgan
Hiram Porter Dunn
Ralph Morgan
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