Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

109 mins | Drama, Romance, War | May 17, 1940

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front. Myra stayed with him past curfew and is thrown out of the corps de ballet. She survives on the streets of London, falling even lower after she hears her true love has been killed in action. But he wasn't killed. Those terrible years were nothing more than a bad dream is Myra's hope after Roy finds her and takes her to his family's country estate.

Waterloo Bridge

109 mins | Drama, Romance, War | May 17, 1940

Waterloo Bridge
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front. Myra stayed with him past curfew and is thrown out of the corps de ballet. She survives on the streets of London, falling even lower after she hears her true love has been killed in action. But he wasn't killed. Those terrible years were nothing more than a bad dream is Myra's hope after Roy finds her and takes her to his family's country estate.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Waterloo Bridge
Directors Mervyn LeRoy
Writers S. N. Behrman, Hans Rameau, George Froeschel, Robert E. Sherwood

Cast

Vivien Leigh

as Myra

Robert Taylor

as Roy Cronin

Lucile Watson

as Lady Margaret Cronin

Virginia Field

as Kitty

Maria Ouspenskaya

as Madame Olga Kirowa

C. Aubrey Smith

as The Duke

Janet Shaw

as Maureen

Janet Waldo

as Elsa

Steffi Duna

as Lydia

Virginia Carroll

as Sylvia

Leda Nicova

as Marie

Florence Baker

as Beatrice

Margery Manning

as Mary

Frances MacInerney

as Violet

Eleanor Stewart

as Grace

Lowden Adams

as The Duke's Butler (uncredited)

Harry Allen

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

as Cockney in Air-Raid Shelter (uncredited)

Phyllis Barry

as Second Girl at Estate Dance (uncredited)

Colin Campbell

as Groom (uncredited)

James Carlisle

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Rita Carlyle

as Flower Woman on Bridge (uncredited)

Leo G. Carroll

as Policeman (uncredited)

David Cavendish

as Generous Man at Estate Dance (uncredited)

David Clyde

as Barnes - Cronin's Butler (uncredited)

Kathryn Collier

as Barmaid (uncredited)

Tom Conway

as (voice) (uncredited)

Frank Dawson

as Vicar's Butler (uncredited)

Connie Emerald

as Waitress at Restaurant (uncredited)

Gilbert Emery

as Colonel at Luncheon (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

as Commissionaire (uncredited)

Maria Genardi

as Dancers' Italian Mother (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Douglas Gordon

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Denis Greene

as Sergeant on Bridge (uncredited)

Ethel Griffies

as Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)

Bobby Hale

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Winifred Harris

as Dowager at Estate Dance (uncredited)

Halliwell Hobbes

as Vicar at St. Matthews (uncredited)

Harold Howard

as Ticket Collector at Waterloo Station (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

as Candlelight Club Announcer (uncredited)

Bill James

as Sergeant (uncredited)

George Kirby

as Waiter (uncredited)

Walter Lawrence

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Eric Lonsdale

as Soldier at Waterloo Station (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

as Elderly Huntsman at Estate Dance (uncredited)

Dan Maxwell

as Cockney in Air-Raid Shelter (uncredited)

James May

as Cockney in Air-Raid Shelter (uncredited)

Florine McKinney

as Viola - First Girl at Estate Dance (uncredited)

Charles McNaughton

as Mack the Waiter (uncredited)

Frank Mitchell

as Father (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

as Thomas Parker - Roy's Driver (uncredited)

Judith Nelles

as Gertrude - Tart at Waterloo Station (uncredited)

Gordon Orbell

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

as Cockney in Air-Raid Shelter (uncredited)

John Power

as Toff's Companion (uncredited)

Elsie Prescott

as Cockney in Air-Raid Shelter (uncredited)

Jean Prescott

as Third Girl at Estate Dance (uncredited)

Clara Reid

as Mrs. Bassett - Estate Dance (uncredited)

Fred Sassoni

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Paul Scardon

as Backdoor Stage Doorman (uncredited)

John Graham Spacey

as British Officer at Luncheon Table (uncredited)

Wyndham Standing

as Toff (uncredited)

Harry Stubbs

as Proprietor of Eating House (uncredited)

William Tetley

as Boy Opening Taxi Door (uncredited)

Cyril Thornton

as Sergeant (uncredited)

David Thursby

as First Cockney in Air-Raid Shelter (uncredited)

Norma Varden

as Hostess at Restaurant (uncredited)

Martha Wentworth

as Tart on Bridge at the End (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

as Head Waiter at Candlelight Club (uncredited)

Robert Winkler

as Boy Delivering Flowers (uncredited)

Douglas Wood

as Vicar at Estate Dance (uncredited)