The Volunteer (1944 film)
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The Volunteer | |
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Directed by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
Written by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
Produced by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
Starring | Ralph Richardson Pat McGrath |
Cinematography | Frederick Ford |
Edited by | John Seabourne Michael C. Chorlton |
Music by | Allan Gray |
Release date |
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Running time | 24 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Volunteer (1944) is a short black-and-white British film by the filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for the U.K. Ministry of Information. Made during World War II as recruitment propaganda for the Fleet Air Arm, volunteer numbers rose after its release.
The films features actor Ralph Richardson starring in a West End production of Othello. Pat McGrath plays his dresser, who joins the Fleet Air Arm and becomes a war hero – as famous as Richardson himself. British film stars Anna Neagle and Laurence Olivier make cameo appearances, as does director Michael Powell and fellow British film director Anthony Asquith.
The film is available as a supplement to the Criterion DVD of 49th Parallel.
![group shot of three men in naval uniform and one man in civilian dress talking to them](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A17389.jpg/300px-The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A17389.jpg)
The director Michael Powell during filming for The Volunteer, 1943
External links
- The Volunteer reviews and articles at the Powell & Pressburger Pages
- The Volunteer at IMDb
- The Volunteer at AllMovie
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