The Foreman Went to France (Original title)Somewhere in France (Alternative title)
Dates: 1942 (Copyright), April 1942 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Charles Frend
Synopsis: Wartime story of a British works foreman who, as the German 1940 advance across France is underway, persuades employers to let him rescue three important machines from under the nose of enemy. Retrieving the machines is a closer shave than he has anticipated, and, enlisting the help of an American-born secretary working in France, and also two British soldiers with a truck who have lost contact with their unit, he transports them across France, hoping to reach a coastal town from which they can sail the machines back to safety in England.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Western Offensive, The (1940), Refugees
Releases
Date: 22 June 1942Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7636 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Ealing Distribution Ltd.
Title: [Radio Times - v247 n3233 2 Nov 1985: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v65 n5230 24 Aug 1945
Title: [Today's Cinema - v65 n5230 24 Aug 1945: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2002 30 Aug 1945
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2002 30 Aug 1945: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v11 n44 Spring 1943 Page: 99
Title: [Sight and Sound - v11 n44 Spring 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v9 n100 April 1942 Page: 41
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v9 n100 April 1942: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v58 n4708 10 Apr 1942
Title: [Today's Cinema - v58 n4708 10 Apr 1942: no known title]Language: English
In: Documentary News Letter v3 n4 April 1942 Page: 58
Title: [Documentary News Letter - v3 n4 April 1942: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v147 n5 2 May 1942
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v147 n5 2 May 1942: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Under title: SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.
Dates: 1942 (Copyright), April 1942 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Charles Frend
Synopsis: Wartime story of a British works foreman who, as the German 1940 advance across France is underway, persuades employers to let him rescue three important machines from under the nose of enemy. Retrieving the machines is a closer shave than he has anticipated, and, enlisting the help of an American-born secretary working in France, and also two British soldiers with a truck who have lost contact with their unit, he transports them across France, hoping to reach a coastal town from which they can sail the machines back to safety in England.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Western Offensive, The (1940), Refugees
Releases
Date: 22 June 1942Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7636 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Ealing Distribution Ltd.
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Radio Times v247 n3233 2 Nov 1985 Page: 16Title: [Radio Times - v247 n3233 2 Nov 1985: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v65 n5230 24 Aug 1945
Title: [Today's Cinema - v65 n5230 24 Aug 1945: no known title]Language: English
Description: Re-issue.
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2002 30 Aug 1945
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2002 30 Aug 1945: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v11 n44 Spring 1943 Page: 99
Title: [Sight and Sound - v11 n44 Spring 1943: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v9 n100 April 1942 Page: 41
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v9 n100 April 1942: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v58 n4708 10 Apr 1942
Title: [Today's Cinema - v58 n4708 10 Apr 1942: no known title]Language: English
In: Documentary News Letter v3 n4 April 1942 Page: 58
Title: [Documentary News Letter - v3 n4 April 1942: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v147 n5 2 May 1942
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v147 n5 2 May 1942: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Under title: SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.