You are brilliant.
Thank you for all your knowledgeable and asute comments, given to us all for so long, here on FreeRepublic.
I was previously unaware of this movie, and am very impressed by it now.
Comments like yours have educated me and will have legs.
Blessings to you and yours.
I am grateful to hear that my decades of commentary were interesting to you to read!
After that post yesterday listing my favorite Michael Powell directed movies, I remembered “Hour of Glory” as titled in the British release or “The Back Room Boys” as titled on my VHS copy. Like all their movies, this one is about love, but also about war, its lasting effects body and soul, its friendships, its pressure to be smart and inventive, and its lesson if learned that defeat doesn’t have to be the end of one’s story. I LOVE David Farrar in this movie. I believe this was a deeply personal story from the Archers, much deeper than at first glance. I have watched it many times ever enjoying the performances of the beautifully trained English actors, guided by the invisible hand of the greatest filmmaker of all time, M. Powell. If you need a copy, write me privately for one.