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The Stars Look Down

6.519401h 50mMovieDrama

Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.

DirectorCarol Reed
WriterJ.B. Williams
ProducerIsadore Goldsmith

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Cast · Directed by Carol Reed

MRMichael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Davey Fenwick
MLMargaret Lockwood
Margaret Lockwood
Jenny Sunley
EWEmlyn Williams
Emlyn Williams
Joe Gowlan
NPNancy Price
Nancy Price
Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother
AJAllan Jeayes
Allan Jeayes
Richard Barras - the mine owner
EREdward Rigby
Edward Rigby
Robert Fenwick - Davey's father
DTDesmond Tester
Desmond Tester
Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
DM
David Markham
Arthur Barras - Barras' son
CPCecil Parker
Cecil Parker
Stanley Millington
LTLinden Travers
Linden Travers
Mrs. Laura Millington
MRMilton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer
Harry Nugent, MP
GCGeorge Carney
George Carney
Slogger Gowlan

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