Farewell Again

Farewell Again

85 mins | Drama | Jan. 5, 1937

Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again. American expatriate Tim Whelan was the directorial hand who kept the various plot threads from entangling, while another Hollywood vet, James Wong Howe, manned the cameras. The film became instantly dated with the advent of World War II, but in its own time Farewell Again was a box-office smash. The film was issued in the US as Troopship.

Farewell Again

85 mins | Drama | Jan. 5, 1937

Farewell Again
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again. American expatriate Tim Whelan was the directorial hand who kept the various plot threads from entangling, while another Hollywood vet, James Wong Howe, manned the cameras. The film became instantly dated with the advent of World War II, but in its own time Farewell Again was a box-office smash. The film was issued in the US as Troopship.
Producers London Film Productions
Original title Farewell Again
Directors Tim Whelan
Writers Patrick Kirwan, Clemence Dane, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Henry Koster, Ian Hay

Cast

Leslie Banks

as Col. Harry Blair

Flora Robson

as Lucy Blair

Sebastian Shaw

as Capt. Gilbert Reed

Patricia Hilliard

as Nurse Ann Harrison

Robert Cochran

as Carlisle Smith

Anthony Bushell

as Roddy Hammond

Rène Ray

as Elsie Wainwright

Robert Newton

as Jim Carter

Leonora Corbett

as Lady Joan

J.H. Roberts

as Dr. Pearson

Eliot Makeham

as Maj. Swayle

Martita Hunt

as Adela Swayle

Edward Lexy

as Sgt. Brough

Maire O'Neill

as Mrs. Brough

Wally Patch

as Sgt. Maj. Billings

Margaret Moffatt

as Mrs. Billings

Gertrude Musgrove

as Lily Toff

Bill Shine

as Cpl. Edrich

Alf Goddard

as Pvt. Bulger

Edie Martin

as Mrs. Bulger

Edmund Willard

as Pvt. Withers

Philip Ray

as Moore

Janet Burnell

as Mrs. Moore

John Laurie

as Pvt. McAllister

Jerry Verno

as Pvt. George Judd

Vernon Harris

as Harry

David Horne

as John Carlisle

Noel Brophy

as Minor Role

Peter Copley

as Minor Role

William Hartnell

as Minor Role

Katie Johnson

as Mother of soldier in hospital

Vi Kaley

as Minor Role

Frederick Piper

as Minor Role