Johnny in the Clouds

1945

Action / Drama / Romance / War

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 77% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 1735 1.7K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Anthony Asquith Photo
Anthony Asquith

Top cast

Stanley Holloway Photo
Stanley Holloway as Mr Palmer
Trevor Howard Photo
Trevor Howard as Sq / Leader Carter
John Mills Photo
John Mills as Peter Penrose
Michael Redgrave Photo
Michael Redgrave as David Archdale
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998 MB
988*720
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 48 min
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1.81 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by runamokprods 7 / 10

Bit soapy, but also inventive and moving

Sappy, melodramatic and dated at times, but also very well done, and emotionally understated enough that the sappiness doesn't take over the experience. The film traces 4 years in the life of an English Air Force base during WW II (1940-1944). An interesting approach to a war film, in that the camera never shows battle, never leaves the ground, but focuses on the lives of the fliers, their officers, and their women. That can lead to a certain soap opera quality, but also to a film that doesn't feel quite like any other war film I've seen. The acting is mostly top notch (Michael Redgrave, in particular), although some of the many characters fall into caricature. But the film isn't afraid to kill off major characters, and deal with the emotional consequences. Some of the most interesting and moving scenes are how the men deal with losses with almost complete suppression of emotion – which feels very honest. Also, there's some real fun had with the differences between the UK fliers, and the US troops who join them in 1942. One of those films my head felt should rate lower, but I had to admit I enjoyed.
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Reviewed by edwagreen 8 / 10

Way to the Stars-A Staircase to Heaven ***

Interesting, but yet slow moving British drama dealing with an airbase and accompanying inn during World War 11.

Toddy, the innkeeper, has the misfortune to lose her husband, leaving her with the inn to manage and an infant. She then becomes friendly with an American flyer, and while there is nothing to indicate that she'd break up his marriage, she had a deep admiration for him and then tragedy strikes again.

The writer of this movie, Terence Ratigan, seems to have a fetish with inns, innkeepers and dominant mothers and daughters as we saw years later in the memorable "Separate Tables." We certainly have elements of that film again in the guise of a domineering aunt who smothers her niece, the latter looking for love with flyer John Mills.

The picture, nicely done, deals with both American and British flyers at the base.

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