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Saturday Cinema Double Bill: Johnny Frenchman

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring Françoise Rosay, Tom Walls, Patricia Roc
The story of the age-old rivalry between the Breton and Cornish fisherfolk. The feud threatens the romance that blooms between Sue and Yan but when France is overrun by the Germans, the problems of refugees and mines in the Channel draw the rival communities closer.
Screenplay by T.E.B. CLARKE Produced by michael balcon Directed by Charles Frend
Films: page 12

and at 5.15
Secret People
starring Valentina Cortese Serge ReggianI with Audrey Hepburn
Following the murder of their father, a victim of political tyranny in France, Maria and her young sister Nora are sent for safety to London. Returning to France for the Paris Exhibition in 1937 Maria innocently becomes involved in a plot to assassinate her father's killer and is soon to learn the corrupting effects of using violence to resist violence.
Screenplay by THOROLD DICKINSON and WOLFGANG WILHELM
Produced by Sidney COLE
Directed by thorold Dickinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Francolse Rosay
Unknown:
Tom Walls
Unknown:
Patricia Roc
Produced By:
Michael Balcon
Directed By:
Charles Prend
Unknown:
Valentina Cortese
Unknown:
Serge Reggiani
Unknown:
Audrey Hepburn
Unknown:
Thorold Dickinson
Unknown:
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Produced By:
Sidney Cole
Directed By:
Thorold Dickinson
Lanec Florrie:
Francoise Rosay
Nat Pomeroy:
Tom Walls
Sue Pomeroy:
Patricia Roc
Bob Tremayne:
Ralph Michael
Yan Kervarec:
Paul Dupuis
Zacky Penrose:
Frederick Piper
Steve Matthews:
Arthur Hambling
Charlie West:
Richard George
Dick Trewhiddle:
Bill Blewett
Joe Pender:
James Harcourt
Maria:
Valentina Cortese
Louis:
Serge Reggiani
Anselmo:
Charles Goldner
Nora:
Audrey Hepburn
Nora (as a child):
Angela Fouldes
Penny:
Megs Jenkins
Miss Jackson:
Irene Worth
Inspector Eliot:
Reginald Tate
Sgt Newcome:
Norman Williams
Manager of the British Pavilion:
Michael Shepley
Source: Radio Times

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