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In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and ...
Sep 10, 2012 · Companion piece to Mrs Miniver which contrives to take all the edge off Eric Knight's novel (a surprising bestseller for 1941) about a working class soldier who
Although she comes from an aristocratic family, beautiful Prudence Cathaway defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.
This Above All won an Oscar for Best Art Direction and it was nominated in several other categories. The film holds up remarkably well because it is both patriotic, but a very atypical and cynical film for its time, not your normal flag-waver.
Purchase This Above All on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Aristocratic prudence cathaway shocks her family by enlisting in the wafs. After enlisting, a fellow waf sets her up on a blind date with handsome, but moody clive briggs. Prudence learns clive is a deserter, but still loves him and senses he'll eventually prove himself a patriot.
A woman defies convention by joining the WAAFs and becoming romantically involved with an AWOL soldier.
