The Way to the Stars (1945)
"Thrills in the sky ! and romance below ..."

Title: The Way to the Stars
Original Title: The Way to the Stars
Release Date: 1945-06-16
Status: Released
Rating: 5.9/10 (from 24 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, War, Romance
Production Companies: Two Cities Films
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
Cast

Michael Redgrave
Flight Lt. David Archdale

John Mills
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

Rosamund John
Miss Todd

Douglass Montgomery
Johnny Hollis

Renée Asherson
Iris Winterton

Stanley Holloway
Mr. Palmer

Basil Radford
'Tiny' Williams

Felix Aylmer
Rev. Charles Moss

Bonar Colleano
Joe Friselli

Joyce Carey
Miss Winterton