28 Sep 1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
The Stars Look Down
FROM THE PEN OF "THE CITADEL'S" BOLD AUTHOR!
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.
Top Billed Cast
Michael Redgrave Davey Fenwick
Margaret Lockwood Jenny Sunley
Emlyn Williams Joe Gowlan
Nancy Price Martha Fenwick - Davey's mother
Allan Jeayes Richard Barras - the mine owner
Edward Rigby Robert Fenwick - Davey's father
Desmond Tester Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother
David Markham Arthur Barras - Barras' son
Cecil Parker Stanley Millington
Linden Travers Mrs. Laura Millington
Milton Rosmer Harry Nugent, MP
George Carney Slogger Gowlan
Ivor Barnard Wept
Olga Lindo Mrs. Sunley
Aubrey Mallalieu Hudspeth
Kynaston Reeves Strother
Clive Baxter Pat Reedy
James Harcourt Will
Frederick Burtwell Union Official
Dorothy Hamilton Mrs. Reedy
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