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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

7.519432h 43mNRMovieWarDramaRomance

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing…

DirectorsMichael Powell·Emeric Pressburger
WritersMichael Powell·Emeric Pressburger
ProducersMichael Powell·Emeric Pressburger

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Cast · Directed by Michael Powell

RLRoger Livesey
Roger Livesey
Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
DKDeborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr
Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
AWAnton Walbrook
Anton Walbrook
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
RCRoland Culver
Roland Culver
Col. Betteridge
JMJames McKechnie
James McKechnie
Spud Wilson
AWArthur Wontner
Arthur Wontner
Embassy Counsellor
DHDavid Hutcheson
David Hutcheson
Hoppy
UJUrsula Jeans
Ursula Jeans
Frau von Kalteneck
JLJohn Laurie
John Laurie
Murdoch
HWHarry Welchman
Harry Welchman
Major Davies
RHRobert Harris
Robert Harris
Embassy Secretary
AMA.E. Matthews
A.E. Matthews
President of Tribunal

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