Two Thousand Women

Inmates of a concentration camp risk their lives to hide English airmen. Flora Robson, Phyllis Calvert. Rosemary: Patricia Roc. Maud: Renee Houston. Bridie: Jean Kent. Jimmie: James McKechnie. Alec: Reginald Purdell. Nellie: Dulcie Gray. Margaret: Anne Crawford. Hentzner: Carl Jaffe. Suspenseful, with some welcome lightness. Frank Launder directed., (1944) Frank Launder’s film, co-scripted with Sidney Gilliat, is set in 1944 in a Nazi-run French internment camp for British women caught up in the invasion of Europe. Newcomers Patricia Roc, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent, Flora Robson and Muriel Aked are soon involved in the camp’s dramas, including the hiding and smuggling out to safety of downed British pilots before they can cause emotional problems among the love-starved women. To make matters worse, there is a Nazi spy in their midst, who must be unmasked before she reveals their plans. a wartime morale booster emphasising the role of women in the conflict (it was popular with an overwhelmingly female audience), the film maintains its tension throughout, while the ensemble cast is a who’s who of British actresses of the day. M,R,BW,S,, This war drama is set during WW II in a former French spa which has been turned into a women’s detention center. The trouble begins when three British RAF soldiers are shot down during a raid. They end up in the prison concealed by the female inmates., (1944) Frank Launder’s film, co-scripted with Sidney Gilliat, is set in 1944 in a Nazi-run French internment camp for British women caught up in the invasion of Europe. Newcomers Patricia Roc, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent, Flora Robson and Muriel Aked are soon involved in the camp’s dramas, including the hiding and smuggling out to safety of downed British pilots before they can cause emotional problems among the love-starved women. To make matters worse, there is a Nazi spy in their midst, who must be unmasked before she reveals their plans., Frank Launder’s film, co-scripted with Sidney Gilliat, is set in 1944, in a Nazi-run French internment camp for British women caught up in the invasion of Europe. Newcomers Rosemary Brown, Freda Thompson, Bridie Johnson and Miss Manningford and her companion Miss Meredith are soon caught up in the camp’s dramas, as downed British pilots need to be hidden in the camp and smuggled out to safety before they cause emotional problems among the love-starved women. And to make matters worse, there is a Nazi spy in their midst, who must be unmasked before she reveals their plans. A wartime morale booster emphasising the role of women in the war (as well as proving popular with an overwhelmingly female audience), the film maintains its tension throughout while the ensemble cast is a who’s who of British actresses of the day.