Movielogr
Give Us the Moon (1944)
Directed by Val Guest
Overview
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn’t like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of “White Elephants” who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don’t have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Margaret Lockwood | Vic Oliver | Peter Graves | Roland Culver | Jean Simmons | Eliot Makeham | Iris Lang | George Relph | Max Bacon | Gibb McLaughlin | Irene Handl | Henry Hewitt | Alan Keith | Frank Cellier | John Salew | George Merritt | Jonathan Field | Harry Fowler | Charles Paton | Victor Rietti