Cottage to Let (1941)

Director:

Anthony Asquith

Writers:

Geoffrey Kerr (play)
J.O.C. Orton (screenplay)

Release Date:

May 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller | War

Plot:

A wartime cottage on a Scottish estate becomes a focus of attention when not only the new tenant but...

Plot Keywords:

Evacuee | Fighter Pilot | Scotland | Spy | Sherlock Holmes

Cast

Leslie Banks	...	John Barrington
Alastair Sim	...	Charles Dimble
John Mills	...	Flt-Lieut. George Perry
Jeanne De Casalis	...	Mrs. Marguerite Barrington
Carla Lehmann	...	Helen Barrington (as Carla Lehman)
George Cole	...	Ronald
Michael Wilding	...	Alan Trently
Frank Cellier	...	Ernest Forest
Muriel Aked	...	Miss Fernery
Wally Patch	...	Evans, the Butler
Muriel George	...	Mrs. Trimm
Hay Petrie	...	Dr. Truscott
Catherine Lacey	...	Mrs. Stokes

Also Known As:

Bombsight Stolen (USA)

Runtime:

90 min | USA:72 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (British Acoustic Film Full - Range Recording)

Certification:

Sweden:(Banned) | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Gaumont-British Studios, Lime Grove, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Company:

Gainsborough Pictures

Trivia:

The address of the Cottage to Let of the title was 24, Angus Street.

Quotes:

Mrs. Barrington: I declare this fete well and truly laid.

A clever British black and white spy drama.

In a lonely cottage, in the Scottish Highlands, an RAF pilot (John Mills) who has been, shot down,and rescued from the loch, is nursed back to health by the local people. The cottage is located in the grounds of a large house, which is being used by a scientist and his assistants to perfect a revolutionary bomb sight. Into this setting comes a young George Cole as an evacuee, and together with Alistair Sim, they try and unmask a German spy.