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Gemma Arterton
Catrin Cole
Sam Claflin
Tom Buckley
Bill Nighy
Ambrose Hilliard / Uncle Frank
Jack Huston
Ellis Cole
Helen McCrory
Sophie Smith
Eddie Marsan
Sammy Smith
Jake Lacy
Carl Lundbeck / Brannigan
Rachael Stirling
Phyl Moore
Henry Goodman
Gabriel Baker
Paul Ritter
Raymond Parfitt
Richard E. Grant
Roger Swain
Nicholas Murchie
Bus Conductor
Amanda Root
Cecy/Mrs Brown (Careless Talk Film)
Patrick Gibson
Rex, the Clapper Loader
Darren Clarke
The Gaffer
Ed Birch
Walter, the Director (Careless Talk Film)
Lissa Evans
Make-up Woman (Careless Talk Film)
Richard Bevan
Mr Richards (Dubbing Editor)
Gaby Chiappe
Dolly (Carrot Film)
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
Mabel (Carrot Film)
Francesca Knight
Lily Starling
Bella Ava Georgiou
Pearl (Girl on the Tube)
Alfie Stewart
Soldier on the Tube
Mossie Smith
Female Warden
Jay Simpson
Alf Reynolds
Frances Jeater
Spitfires Collector
Claudia Jessie
Doris Cleavley / Lily
Stephanie Hyam
Angela Ralli-Thomas / Rose
Richard Syms
Head Waiter
Natalia Ryumina
Muriel (Ellis's Friend)
Rebecca Saire
Mortuary Nurse
Jeremy Irons
Secretary of War
Miles Richardson
Movietone Newsreader
Gordon Brown
Chick, the 1st AD
Julia Lewis
The Make-Up Artist
Liliana Gane
The Wardrobe Mistress
Hubert Burton
Wyndham Best / Johnnie (the Hero)
Michael Marcus
Alex, the Director
Stephen Boswell
War Widows Collector
Feline Allentoft
Wyndham Best's Girlfriend
Ellie Haddington
Catrin's Landlady
Florence Woolley
Corona Cinema Usherette
Joanna Brookes
Woman in Corona
Patrick Osborne
Soldier in Corona
Cathy Murphy
Vee (uncredited)
Emma Cunniffe
Ettie (uncredited)
Clive Russell
Mr. Starling (uncredited)
Letty Butler
First Waitress (uncredited)
Nell Barlow
Second Waitress (uncredited)
Steve Carroll
Boom Operator (uncredited)
Katie Jackson
Secretary to Mr. Swain (uncredited)
Lee Whitlock
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Lily Knight
Rose Starling

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A review by Reno

Written by Reno on Tue Sep 26 2017

**The war and the cinema!** The film was based on the book and about filmmaking, particularly screen writing. Fictional comedy-drama that is set in London in 1940. While the war tearing apart the nation, some people are not disturbed by it. They are going ahead with their film projects, especially war themed to boost the people's confidence. That's when the new arrival, Mrs. Cole, begins her career as a writer. So her experience working with the scripts, meeting the real people whose story are getting adapted and her gloomy romance, everything lets us know. A nice film and a little differ...