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Millions like Us (Original title)Women without Uniform (Working title)
Date: 15 November 1943 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat

Synopsis: Drama following the diverse histories of members of a family which is broken up by the Second World War.

Genre:
War

Subjects:
World War II, Factory workers, Home fronts, Great Britain
Releases
Date: 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 103 mins 07 secs - Length: 9281 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 15 November 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 80 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 15 November 1943Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.375:1Runtime: 103 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: General Film Distributors

Credits (47)
Production Company: Gainsborough Pictures, Produced by: Edward Black, Production Manager: Jack Swinburne, In Charge of Production: Maurice Ostrer, Unit Manager: Jack Hicks, 1st Assistant Director: Jack Hicks, 2nd Assistant Director: Alf Keating, 3rd Assistant Director: Tony Monk, Continuity: Maisie Kelly, An Original Screenplay Written by: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, Photography: Jack Cox, Roy Fogwell, Camera Operator: Phil Grindrod, Jack Asher, 2nd Unit Camera Operator (2nd Unit): William McLeod, Focus Puller: Ronnie Taylor, 2nd Unit Focus Puller (2nd Unit): F.A. McCombie, Clapper/Loader: Paul Wilson, In Charge of Camera Department: George Hill, Central Loading: Bill Law, Stills: Ted Reed, Charles Hales, Special Effects (Trick Camera): Jack Whitehead, Special Effects (Back Projection): Alf Davis, Editing: R.E. Dearing, Cutting: Alfred Roome, Assistant Editor: Jim Connock, Francis Edge, Art Direction: John Bryan, Assistant Art Director: John Gow, L.J. Broadhouse, Draughtsman: Terence Verity, Draughtsman: G. Brooks, V. Novak, Scenic Artist: Albert Jullion, Musical Direction: Louis Levy, Sound Supervision: B.C. Sewell, Sound Recording: Sid Wiles, Sound Camera Operator: Barbara Levy, Boom Operator: Dennis Mason, Sound Assistant: Dennis Soutzos, Michael Knoll, Sound System: British Acoustic Film, Made at the: Gainsborough Studios
Cast (42)
Patricia Roc (Celia Crowson), Gordon Jackson (Fred Blake), Anne Crawford (Jennifer Knowles), Basil Radford (Charters), Naunton Wayne (Caldicott), Moore Marriott (Jim Crowson), Eric Portman (Charlie Forbes), Joy Shelton (Phyllis Crowson), John Boxer (Tom Crowson), Valentine Dunn (Elsie Crowson), Megs Jenkins (Gwen Price), Terry Randall (Annie Earnshaw), Amy Vaness (Mrs Blythe), John Salew (Dr Gill), Beatrice Varley (Miss Wells), Bertha Willmott (the singer), Hilda Davies ([Miss Hodge, labour officer]), Irene Handl ([landlady]), Angela Foulds ([Megs]), Terence Rhodes ([Jonnie]), Paul Drake ([handsome young man]), Gordon Edwards ([wing commander]), John Wynn ([squadron leader]), Albert Chevalier, Frank Webster ([roof spotter]), Courtney Luck ([Polish officer]), Amy Dalby ([Mrs Bourne]), Johnnie Schofield ([George]), Jack Vivyan ([Sam]), Arthur Denton ([Ernie]), Avis Scott ([Alice]), Barry Steele ([Percy Hoskins]), Brenda Bruce ([Brenda]), Jonathan Field ([ugly youth]), Clifford Cobbe (['heavy rescue']), Grace Allardyce ([Mrs Hammond]), Stanley Paskin ([warrant officer]), John Slater ([man on pier]), Hugh Cross, George Hirste, Hal Gordon ([]), Alan Haines ([uncredited])