The Stars Look Down

     

The Stars Look Down1940

Stars: Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Emlyn Williams, Nancy Price
Genre: Drama
Rating: N/A
Runtime: 110 minutes

The Stars Look Down is a 1935 novel by A. J. Cronin which chronicles various injustices in an English coal mining community. A film version was produced in 1939, and television adaptations include both Italian (1971) and British (1975) versions. The… more »


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Richard Barras:
Well, Fenwick, will the men work tomorrow?

Robert Fenwick:
Not if its to be in Scupper Flats, Mr. Barras.

[indicating a well-dressed union official]

Richard Barras:
Even against your union?

Robert Fenwick:
The union isn't being asked to work in Scupper Flats. On the other side of that coal seam is a million tons of flood water ready to rush right down on top of us.

Richard Barras:
You don't think I'd take a chance in floodin' me own mine, do you, Fenwick?

Robert Fenwick:
Well, show us the plans of them old workings, then!

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