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Just watched oskar werner as German traitor, a couple days ago I watched tyrone power proletariat fall in love with slumming joan Fontaine, she of the upper class, father a doctor who could have gotten her a better post, but she wants to sign up with the masses. On double date she meets tyrone in the dark and then a daytime date and they fall in love. They go to an inn and stay chastely in adjacent rooms and then he talks in his sleep: war terrors. Tom Mitchell shows up trying to convince him to turn himself in. Joan senses his mental turmoil without knowing its cause. A conversation with a kind one armed priest convinces him to turn himself in. He calls joan. Lets meet before i turn myself in. But the mp's catch him first. But a kind officer allows him a few hours to go meet joan, but German aerial attack and his helping hand and a falling wall puts him in the hospital. Joan goes to father and doctor dad operates on tyrone's brain. Will he live? We can only pray. But he marries her in his hospital bed. This was propaganda to convince the working class to join in the war against the Germans despite the system being corrupt. Quite explicit in pushing this message. The title is one of the worst ever.

Given that all the other reviews on this film are from people who live outside the UK i thought i would give a review from the UK.In my view this is the phoniest film about the war in 1940 that was ever perpetrated by Hollywood.Virtually everything about it was wrong.The characters always seem to be going to restaurants and travelling in cars as if there was no rationing.They go down to what is clearly supposed to be a restricted area on the coast without ID.They go to a pub where a Hollywood idea of cockney is spoken other than the "Mumerset" accent of Nigel Bruce. Now there were conscientious objectors but these were normally people with a conscience about taking part in war.James Mason is one example.However the ideas and views put forward by Powers character would not have been current in the later part of 1940.By that time this country was fighting on its own in a life and death struggle.Chamberlain had resigned and Churchill was now PM.There was an all party coalition government not a National Conservative government.Hitlers peace feelers had been rebuffed and with the blitz there was now no go back.So the anti war sentiments put forward in the film are totally unbelievable as is Powers character.This film may have been a big success in its day but now looks very dated.

This film stars Joan Fontaine and Tyrone Power as a couple who meet and fall in love during the darkest days of WWII--even though Fontaine actually knows very little about Power and his checkered past.From the onset, I was a bit surprised by the decision to cast Tyrone Power. Sure, he was a big, handsome star with 20th Century-Fox, but he was playing a Brit--even though he had no trace of a British accent. Now had they said he was a Canadian, it might have been much more believable. As for Ms. Fontaine, I am often critical of her performances (since I think she got the Oscar for a lackluster performance), but here she is exceptional and very effective.The other major problem I have with the film is the whole notion of the romance. First, Fontaine is a true patriot--a member of the nobility that could have sat on her butt through the war but volunteered for the military. Yet, she manages to fall in love with a man who, as far as she knows, hasn't volunteered or served. And, when it turns out he's a deserter, she STILL agrees to marry him!!! Now, you do discover that he's really not such a coward and he does manage to redeem himself, but still you wonder how Fontaine could come to love this man based on who he was at that time.It's a shame really because apart from these problems, it's a very lovely film--with exceptional direction, music, acting and a wonderful evocative mood. In fact, as a positive propaganda piece, it's exceptional and was very timely in 1942--though just a tad preachy. Overall, it's still a good film and worth your time--just don't try to get too hung up on the plot holes or it will ruin your viewing.PS--In the film, Fontaine says "I am not a blue stocking". I looked up this term and it's an outdated slur that refers to a educated rich woman who was a member of a particular British literary society. The members were known for being total "fuddy-duddies".

This is a wonderfully acted, compelling love story set during WWII in England. Joan Fontaine's portrayal of an aristocratic woman who joins the WAAFS and falls in love with a deserter (Tyrone Power) is superb. She is beautiful, tender, courageous, and quite believable as Prudence. Her speech on what England means is eloquent and is one of the highlights of the film. Tyrone Power is awesome as Clive, too. Joan's character is steadfast in her love for Clive and the chemistry between Joan and Tyrone is wonderful. With the resurgence of patriotism in America this film should be shown more often on the movie channels. Maybe they will catch on soon. A not-to-missed film.